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Bonjour,

In how to say dates in the splitting it at the "hundreds" section.  Why do all the examples tell us to use cent, but for 1900 it says cents? 

Merci

The lesson says:  - We use the auxiliary verb être conjugated in a compound tense*, followed by the past participle of the verb.   However, all the examples use avoir, not etre.    I'm assuming etre is a mistake.

The last sentence is given as "Comme ca", but "Comme" doesn't come through in the recording. I played it a few times, including after knowing the answer, and it was cut off.

Why not "elle devait" since she had to work hard over a period of time to pass her musical exam? 

Can someone explain to me if it is only jeter and appeler that follow the pattern of becoming jetter- and appelle- in the future tense?

 Do all other verbs ending  as -eter and -eler follow the pattern of becoming -èter- and -èler- in the future tense

I don't understand the introduction of 'n' in 'avant qu'il n' arrive'.Can you please explain.

My verb book gives different version of haïr to yours

There's a lesson saying that we use le/la/les with general things. However, in a writing practise, the sentence "when it's hot, I prefer to eat mixed salads" is translated as "quand il fait chaud, je prefere manger des salades composees", why do we use "des" (meaning some) here instead of "les" (meaning salads in general)? 

Hi, this question is in reference to your lesson on when verbs with the auxiliary of avoir have to agree :

Special cases when the past participle agrees (in number & gender) when used with 'avoir' in the compound past in French (Le Passé Composé)

I'm wondering about the second verb in this sentence: "Ils ont essayé d'échapper aux Nazis et entassé/entassés dans la rue."  Even though the COD is in front of the 2nd verb (entasser), it is the COD for the first verb, essayer.  Thus, the second verb, entasser would not be plural?

How does the scoring work on these exercises. I know i  got several things wrong, but I would have thought it was better than 1 out of 75. Please advise.