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je me repose là pendant quelques minutes.
je m'y repose pendant quelques minutes.
je m'y relaxe durant quelques minutes.
May I know what the me y make the meaning different here from me only?
I just put réussir à un examen in one of your tests and you marked the "à" as wrong although I was always taught this was correct. I have checked in both Collins dictionary and in the Harraps dictionary and they both say réussir à un examen. Please could you explain this?
When does "fou" come before or after the noun? I was playing with Google Translate to hear in one sentence between "the crazy horse, the crazy cow, the crazy man." It came up "Le cheval fou, la vache folle, l'homme fou."
This part of the lesson is really messing with my learning process. Please answer me this....In the example, "Tu manques à Lise", IS it or IS IT NOT "Lise misses you." ???
I think I understand WHAT to do if I need to choose an accent mark on a quiz, but I cannot do it correctly. Could you please explain explain it very thoroughly, step by step? It doesn't let me hold down the letter, or else I don't understand how to do it. I am getting answers wrong only for that reason, but I can't seem to correct it. Am I supposed to go to the choices before or after I type the letter that needs the accent mark or something completely different? Thank you.
In “Avec sa nouvelle couche de peinture rouge vif, la petite 2CV paraissait comme neuve”, why is “vif” used instead of “vive” when “peinture” is nf? Thanks, Brian
I have some questions with the clarification for the use of PENDANT.
As I have read in other grammar lessons, PENDANT is used to express the 'full duration' of a completed action IN THE PAST ... or the 'set duration' of an action to be done in the future. Pendant cannot be used for the present!
If this is the case then
a) would it help in clarification if some wording to that effect be added to the lesson for PENDANT, else based on the lesson someone could ask me "why cant I go into the kindergarten room? and I could answer " Les enfants dorment pendant une heure" ... which would be wrong...
b)the example sentence "Il court pendant une heure tous les matins/He runs for one hour every morning appears to be unnecessarily skirting that rule .. or at least adding a bit of doubt??.
Of course if there is no such restrictions please let me know.
Thank you!
Well the confusing blue handled knife question is still there. I chose the blue handle and was marked incorrect.............and I don’t think that I am incorrect
I take issue with this. In the very real sense 'vous vous appelez...' is 'you call yourself...'. Not 'votre nom est...' - 'your name is'.
What I am CALLED - how I refer to myself or how others do - is not what my name is. They are two very different things, and in my family (and throughout many Russian-speaking families - though my family is English) people have names and then the diminutive or 'nickname' form.
For example, my grandfather's name is Charles. He is 'called' Ted.
Therefore, why is 'you call yourself...' an incorrect translation?
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