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I think this translation for  «Tu n'as pas une clope? Si.» is a bit confusing in the lesson.

In the English, the inversion reads as expecting that the person does have a smoke, thus the following "Yes, I do" isn't disagreement.

I think dropping the inversion and more closely following the original would better convey the French phrase, as in: "You haven't (got) a smoke? Yes, I do."

Hi

I have a question I'm learning about the inversion in the conditional present and I was wondering about these two sentences?

Why do you not conjugate passer? 

(Could we) passer Chez vous après le spectacle? Pourrions- nous is the answer

But with this sentence

(Would he) signer cette pétition? Signerait- il would be the answer 

I'm very confused and help would be greatly appreciated

Thanks

Nicole

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Are the terms "les lettres" and "la littérature" interchangeable?

When should subject names (les matières) be capitalised? 

Can you say Tu n’y étais pas instead of Tu n’ étais pas là  to mean You wern’t there?

Bonjour,

I think that the Futur Proche follows the rule in this lesson but I could not find any  confirming examples.  Can someone confirm that the following sentence is correct? 

Thanks,

John

I always learn so much with these Weekend Workouts; thanks for providing a way to practice as we learn. 

Is it possible to provide the translations or at least a common source to look up the words and phrases suggested ahead of the Writing Challenges?  I have often chosen different words and phrases than are used in the later given context.

Also, more specifically to this exercise, aren't we to use Le Présent when stating situations that are habitual?  Here the Passé Composé is chosen for "Nous avons joué aux cartes, comme d'habitude ...," so I misunderstood something. 

Merci !
Isabelle

why is it (nous) sommes alles but nous avons adore...  Why does alles correspond to the 2 people involved but adore is singular.  I don't recall the lesson in which the verb does or does not agree with the number in the subject.  (and why can't I type accents in this part of the program???)

Is récupérer interchangeable with acheter? Can I use récupérer for clothes shopping? 

e.g. Je vais récupérer une robe

What gives?