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1. In your final translation you say “ je traverserais la ville sur une gondale “, which I understand, but could you say “ je traverserais la ville en gondale “ for “ I would cross the city by gondola “
2. My dictionary translates “ a feathered headdress “ as “ une coiffure “ and describes “ une coiffe “ as a lace headdress. Can I get away with simply stating “une coiffure” or do I need to clarify further with “ à plume “ ?
Is it right to say "il n'y est pas" for "he is not there"
Hi... can you please give me the correct way :
C'est la ville et le village de mes ancêtres , OR
Ce sont la ville et le village de mes ancêtres
...and why... thank you in advance :)
I think I put "au sud de France"... I'm translating directly from English, but is there a reason why "in the south of France" becomes "du sud de la France"
Which is better to use:
Vous avez un chat?
OR
Est-ce que vous avez un chat?
Why prefer one over the other?
Hi, with reference to “la Belgique a la plus basse proportion de McDonald's par habitant.””
In French, is the apostrophe really used in this way? It looks like an English possessive apostrophe.
Is there any way that I can track my progress, because I really want to move up to B2, but I don't know how close I am, so is there a way to track progress towards a certain level?
if there is a noun at the begining of the sentence we have two ways to ask a question ;
est-ce que henry a un sac?
henry a-t-il un sac
can we use the "a" at the begining of the question word?
for example A henry un sac or "ont les femmes des crayons? does it work?
I wish your helps
Thank you so much
How far in the future are you supposed to use the immediate future, I just got it wrong because it referred to next Tuesday, that doesn't sound very immediate to me?
- j'ai besoin que tu inclines un peu ta tablette ver le bas,
Is there a rule regarding the position of 'un peu' in the above sentence?
I put it at the end but none of the examples placed it there.
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