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this was my first C1 dictée. I have done all the B2 and B1 dictées so many times- but this is too difficult!
Earlier in the sentence, I understand why it's "de délicates pâquerettes blanches" instead of "des" (because the adj precedes the noun and that causes the plural partitive/indefinite article to change from des to de) but I don't understand why that's been done to the tulips too.
Are l' and en interchangeable? The article doesn't specify when to use which
One of the questions turns the sentence about dolphins into a question: Saviez-vous que les dauphins sont des mammifères? Could you say why "sont" isn’t concordant with "saviez"? In your article on this subject it says "You can't use the past tense in the main clause with the present tense in the subordinate - the latter must be in the past as well: "Il ne savait pas que j'étais professeur (He did not know that I was a teacher)" Thanks!
For the line « Il n'aime pas le vert » one of the reference lessons is to the use of colours as adjectives with changes in gender/number. However, in this sentence « vert » is a noun, and a more relevant reference would be to the use of (definite) articles with ne ... pas as linked here:
Du/de la/de l'/des all become de/d' in negative sentences (French Partitive Articles)
Why does the adjective sometimes come before and sometimes after the noun???
Lisa est une très bonne vendeuse.Lisa is a very good sales assistant. Maurice est un professeur excellent.Maurice is an excellent teacher.When do you use une in place of la in french
Voilà deux petites cartes que j'avais achetées.
We do not accord in case of avoir verb as opposed to être in passé composé, but in Plus-que-parfait why have we accorded the 'acheter' verb when with avoir? And does the same happen in case of être as well (in Plus-que-parfait?)
Could I also use 'prudent' instead of 'vigilant'?
I went through all the same learning route as other students in the Q&A section to this lesson: the difference between un peu and peu for the example with argent from the test, and then why it should be peu d'amis though it is countable, etc, etc. It takes at least 2 approaches to the lesson through the test for an average student to get all the insights and nuances in the Q&A section. I wish all this has been reflected in the body text - it would certainly help to understand the topic better and quicker
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