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Question for you on the example:
Tu finis ton assiette ou pas de dessert.You finish your plate or no dessert.Why is it not ta assiette since assiette is female?Remember that possessive pronouns agree in gender and number with the *owned* item (son billet / sa carte / ses parents).»
In the lesson, son,sa,ses have been referred to as possessive adjectives in one line, and possessive pronouns in the line immediately following. In general throughout the course they have been referred to as 'possessive adjectives' (as in French they are always followed by the noun modified, this would seem to be correct).
What is customary for writing out numbers? Is it common to write "6" ans but not 8h30?
Why is the form "le + day of the week" used in this exercise? I thought that form was reserved for habitual activities done on a specific weekday, but since it's a vacation it seems like they're telling us what they are doing in the upcoming week only.
Your question: What does "Je voudrais trois douzaines de pommes, s'il vous plaît" mean?
This is confusing me... in English three dozen, means three dozen or 36 but if I am reading this correctly, in French means around 3 dozen or around 36... I have been penalised for saying about 36 and not choosing the 3 dozen which means precisely 36 and should, therefore, be wrong.. or am I missing something?
many of my answers were right but you gave me wrong for eg i typed en haut de la tout eiffel you said en somme de la tour eiffel but here again en haut its correct you need to fix this
Is the S silent for both? The pronounciation seems to differ with the speakers/examples. The woman speaking the following does not pronounce the S: Les ordinateurs deviennent de moins en moins chers. But the woman speaking the following sentence does: Nous y allons de moins en moins souvent.
I wonder how one is supposed to arrive at jeté mon dévolu for settled on.
I chose choisir which seems to me to capture the sense but wasn’t credited.7
Pourquoi on utilise comme elle ne doit pas sortir. Pourquoi pas ainsi que où pour que ?
Would it just be ...ce beau sport. ? Thanks
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