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Hello,
In the topic above, English translation is not working for the first 3 paras.
Please do the needful.
Regards,
Ashish
Why is it "pas le monnaie" and not "pas de monnaie"??
Why is it not "les champignons pointent le bout de leurs nez" to make the possessive adjective plural? I have a French spelling guide that shows "reconnaitrais" with an accent circonflex over the first "i". Which is correct?
Also, why can't I use 'demander des questions' instead of 'poser des questions'?
"Bien que Mateo sache déjà ce qu'il allait étudier à l'université," / "Although Mateo already knew what he was going to study at university,"
For this sentence I used the subjunctive past tense ""Bien que Mateo ait déjà su ce qu'il allait étudier à l'université," which is obviously not correct, but please can someone explain why? I assume it's because him knowing is not a single event in the past so the present subjunctive is the only alternative?
Nick
You hinted I should use ‘he would study’. I used ‘il étudierait’ but you translated: il allait étudier. Why?
Technically, you cannot use the near future for weather forecasting. A forecast is a prediction; therefore, the future simple should be used. The only grammatically correct way to use the near future for weather is when you are outside, the wind whips up, storm clouds roll in with thunder/lightening...then, you can say (in English, French, or Spanish) that it's "going to rain". Perhaps in very colloquial language the near future is used for weather forecasts, but it is wrong, and this should be clearly noted in the lesson.
Sometimes I barely begin a sentence when I must have hit a key accidentally which skips me to the following line, ie I cannot complete the last one. This time I was trying to type e for équipe (for team) in the second to last line, so it must have been a numbered key?
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