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14,399 questions • 31,169 answers • 926,241 learners
In the sentence 'plus on parle le français dans un pays, plus on y vend de produits français' why is it 'de' and not 'des' ?
Do not we have a vocabulary list of "more common" fruits on kwiziq?
Duolingo gives a sentence:
"You will have to not make a lot of errors during the exams."
The sentence is awkward and the given answer is:
"Il ne faudra pas faire beaucoup d'erreurs pendant les examens"
but It also accepts:
"Il faudra ne pas faire beaucoup d'erreurs pendant les examens"
as you suggest it should be above. Are both forms acceptable when negating the first of double verbs, is this a unique situation, or is there another explanation?
The answer choice inlcudes 'Aurelie only went to the market - and nowhere else' and 'Aurelie went to the market - and did nothing else'. Can you please explain why these sentences mean different things? Aurelie only went to the market. End of, surely?
I have to say I start to sweat when this question shows up on my tests, because I will ALWAYS get it wrong. I have read the lesson over and over and it seems like I will decided that I should use c'est because there is a determiner, but then it tells me to use elle or il. Then I use il or elle because there isn't a determiner and it will tell me to use c'est. I feel like all the lessons help me, and I see my mistakes, but this one is not helping me. Any other way to explain this to me?
(1) Why is "de" used in the clause "nous n'avions pas d'autre choix que de succomber à" before "succomber"? When is it used this way?
(2) Is it permissible to write "nous devions aller visiter" instead of "il fallait que nous allions visiter" in this context? When must one or the other be used?
The audio files don't match the following two sentences:
Elle est dans la salle de bains.Bonne idée ! Leurs glaces sont excellentes !
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