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I'm confused by 'si vous pouviez ajouter' above which I'm not sure how to translate. I would have said 'si vous pourriez ajouter': 'if you would/could add'

This is AO level?  Of course I missed it.  

I have found a number of diving sites that use < plongée libre >, as well as < plongée en apnée >. Decathlon uses both in its advertising, and Collins also translates 'free-diving' to < plongée libre >.

And for snorkelling - Larousse gives < faire de la plongée avec un tuba >, which seems to be about the only expression that gets the red line. (A mask is not essential equipment for snorkelling)

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/snorkelling/612936

I spent many dejected days trying to understand the following rule in this lesson. "the main difficulty here is that in French you cannot use a conjugated verb after la veille or le lendemain, unlike in English: the day after he left / the day before you were born.

Instead you will use de + noun, as such:'

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The imperative appeared out of the blue.  (I am not using imperative here in the grammar sense by the way but as a prohibitory order) It also seemed contradictory, because the sentence, 'The day after, I was enrolling at university/ Le lendemain, j'allais m'inscrire à l'université.    came right before it. ...a conjugated verb 'j allais' following lendemarin.

 What seems to be the case is that 'le lendemain'  or 'la veille' CANNOT be 'conjoined' with a descriptive clause or phrase for associated events  WITHOUT punctuation.  You identify the day using le lendemain or la veille but to add associated actions you must express them with a separate punctuated clause/phrase or use 'de + noun".

Examples:

the day after i was enrolling at university.../ le lendemain de mon inscription à l'université

the day after, I  was enrolling at university...Le lendemain, je m'inscrivais à l'université.

Loved this little exercise! It was really fun, and was an excellent review of several expressions (and offered some new ones to learn as well) such as:

"donner a manger aux lapins" ie. "to feed an animal"

"une tarte aux framboises" = "raspberry tart" 

"la confiture faite maison" = "homemade jam"

"se regaler" = to enjoy oneself/to enjoy a meal/to treat oneself 

"un fou de velo" = to be crazy about something - This was a new expression for me and a fun one to learn.

"faire des balades" = to take a walk or a drive

"relantir" = to slow down. I just learned this verb recently and the image of Magalie struggling to keep up with her grandpa, and him slowing down is one I won't easily forget.

Just a couple questions: 

1). About the use of "nous faisons des balades...": I am already familiar with "une balade"; "balader"; "se balader" and "faire une balade". My question is about the translation given: "...we go for long rides...". Why is the adjective "long" added in English? Can we assume that a "balade" always "long"? Also I would like to add that it is useful seeing it used for a bikeride. I have always encounter "balade" in reference to a walk or a car ride.

2). "Fou de velo". Could we have some more examples using this phrase? Would I say, for example, "Je suis un fou de nager", using the infinitive; or "Je suis un fou de natation" using the noun? "Je suis un fou de jardiner"; "Je suis un fou de jardinage"; or "Je suis un fou de jardin" ? Also, I assume that fou changes to folle for the feminine.

Thank you for your help.

Merci ! 

For "I won't write here all that I've done wrong", the answer uses the conditional "je n'écrirais pas ..." . Shouldn't we use the future tense in this sentence (i.e. "je n'écrirai pas ...")  ? Thanks.

I know that depuis can be used with the passé composé in the negative sentence but can it also be used with the affirmative?

How would you translate a sentence like:

I have seen him once since last week or They have visited their grandmother twice since last week. 

When I translated them into Google and other translation sites they both use the affirmative passé composé with depuis, which I didn't think you were meant to do.