Nous devons utiliser une tierce personne comme témoin. (We must use a third party as a witness.)This example contradicts the rule immediate preceding it:
You use tiers (masculine) or tierce (feminine) instead of troisième when expressing a fraction, a portion of something (= one third of), as opposed to a rank or an order (= third out of).
A third party follows the some nomenclature as the third person. It is not a third of a party as if someone was having their legs chopped off. A third party to an agreement is anyone who isn't one of the signatories (ie., 'you and me'.)
It seems therefore to be an exception to the rule stated, rather than an example of the rule, as it is presented.
addendum;
This also appears to apply to "third-world", as there is a first world (NATO/OTAN countries), second world (communist bloc countries), and third-world (non-aligned countries).
The rule given in this lesson also seems to conflict with Cécile's comment on https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/in-the-example-j-ai-bu-un-tiers-de-la-bouteille-the-audio-speaker-is-a-woman-and-the-word-bottle-is where she says: "The adjective 'tiers/tierce' will only be used in certain expressions...It has very limited use...'.
I interpret this as 'the adjective "tiers/teirce" is only used in special cases, which you will just have to learn'.
Is this speed of talking really normal? Is this a good way of testing listening skills at B1 level.
In the sentence starting, "L'année dernière, j'ai découvert . . .," isn't "last year" referring to a unit of time that happened once, so wouldn't "l'an dernier" be correct? I thought "l'année dernière" would indicate that the discovery happened multiple times over the course of a year. Please advise.
Is habite always habite or can it sometimes habit? And if this question is yes, then why can't habite be habit?
Hi,
I have a question about conjugating the verb in the sentence when you have two subject pronouns.
The sentence is below
Je doute que vous comprendre______ l'importance de cet evenement.
Do you use the pronoun that's closest to the verb? Because the answer is
Je doute que vous comprendriez l'importance de cet événement.
Thank you for help
Nicole
This example contradicts the rule immediate preceding it:
You use tiers (masculine) or tierce (feminine) instead of troisième when expressing a fraction, a portion of something (= one third of), as opposed to a rank or an order (= third out of).
A third party follows the some nomenclature as the third person. It is not a third of a party as if someone was having their legs chopped off. A third party to an agreement is anyone who isn't one of the signatories (ie., 'you and me'.)
It seems therefore to be an exception to the rule stated, rather than an example of the rule, as it is presented.
addendum;
This also appears to apply to "third-world", as there is a first world (NATO/OTAN countries), second world (communist bloc countries), and third-world (non-aligned countries).
The rule given in this lesson also seems to conflict with Cécile's comment on https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/in-the-example-j-ai-bu-un-tiers-de-la-bouteille-the-audio-speaker-is-a-woman-and-the-word-bottle-is where she says: "The adjective 'tiers/tierce' will only be used in certain expressions...It has very limited use...'.
I interpret this as 'the adjective "tiers/teirce" is only used in special cases, which you will just have to learn'.
This subject prompted a memory game taught to me at school regarding the “pronoun” order before the verb : me , te, se, nous, vous / le, la, les / lui, leur / y, en - before verb
We learned it like parrots and it has been useful.
Impossible concept! How bad can it sound to a native speaker if I get this wrong? They always ask if I speak English, anyway, every time I speak French.
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 the lesson, we read that
3. Direct object pronouns le/la/les are placed before indirect object pronouns moi/toi/lui/nous/vous/leur
Aren't there other DOPs such as nous/vous/me/te? And do those qualify as preceding IOPs?
Thanks!
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