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I know it's not the point of the lesson, but could someone explain the use of chez in the example, please?
Ce qu'elle aime le moins chez lui, c'est son arrogance.
What she likes the least in him is his arrogance.
One of the questions asked to translate "Who are you watching like that?" into French.
The grammatically correct English question would be "Whom are you watching like that?"
"Give birth" - why not "donner naissance"?
the lesson says: To express after + -ing / after having + past participle in French, you use the same following structure:
après + Infinitif passé (= infinitive of auxiliary (être or avoir) + past participleATTENTION:
Use the same auxiliary as in compound tenses like Le Passé Composé.
But all the examples are using avoir. Could you expand a little about using être in this situation? Thanks!
Hello.
Could you also say
"Je vous souhaite une belle/bonne journée"?
I understand that, as a general rule, in French, we add definite articles before a country’s name. E.g.: J’aime la France. However, I also understand that if the country’s name comes after “de”, and the country is feminine, then, we omit the definite article. E.g.: Je viens de France. However, I am terribly confused by the phrase “Au service de la France” - why is there a definite article after “de” in this phrase?
Regardez mes fous cheveux! [Look at my crazy hair!]
Is this correct? What are the rules for the before and after placement of Fou?
Hi, should hacher be spelt as hâcher? I did this exercise - https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/tests/results/11294497/system - and got it wrong.
J’ai bu une demi-bouteille.
J’ai bu la moitié de la bouteille.
Nous n’utilisons qu’une moitie du sac de riz.
Il mange qu’une moitie du biscuit.
Can someone explain in a different way from the lesson... which basically says they mean the same.
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