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Why 'du' in 'la demeur du Capitaine Haddock' instead of 'de' as in fan de Tintin and Château de Cheverny? In general, when I interpret something as possessive, for example Tintin's fan or Cheverny's castle, I use 'de'. So, I am puzzled about the use of 'du' for Captain Haddock's house. I get this wrong a lot, so if you can point me to a grammar lesson or give me some guidance, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks, in advance.
I really enjoy these exercises and they really assist in learning and improving my french.
Is it possible to see the "full" English translation? Without having to do the exercise again and each phrase separately.
This would help me to view the English translation and see where I deferred but also cement some expressions.
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Mornin Francophiles. I don't quite understand the final sentence 'ça en valait vraiment la peine'. Why is the 'en' pronoun required?
Thanks.
Megan
Anyone have an opinion on this please ? Is there any ambiguity in French ?
"elle a une collection de chapeaux impressionnante." Surely this should be: "elle a une collection de chapeaux impressionnants."
It is the hats that are impressive, not the collection.
If the collection was impressive, it should have been: Elle a une collection impressionnante de chapeaux, or possibly
Elle a une impressionante collection de chapeaux ( don't think this second one is as good, but it may be ok).
Thanks, Paul..
Your lesson says negative sentences using depuis use passé composé yet when I do that your corrections use the present
What is the status of new languages? I am learning what you have done with French and want to do Italian next!
Two questions in the B1 tests and I may be dim but I am clearly missing something as I am not sure what the "superieur(e)/inferieur(e) à ) agrees with!
Notre cuisine est supérieure à celle de ce restaurant.
and
Son (Her) travail est inférieur à celui de son frère. "Restaurant" and "frère" are both masculine, "cuisine" and "Son (her) travail" feminine. I left the "e" off in the Notre cuisine sentence and put it on in the Son travail sentence. Help!
Can you please tell the meaning of 'en' in the below sentence?
E.g. "Un mot est ajouté à la fin d'une phrase pour en faire une question."
What does 'pour en faire' mean literally?
Comme on adore les paillettes et tout ce qui brille. J'ai cousu des sequins absolument partout !
Why have you used les in front of one noun and des in front of the other.
Trying to figure out why in the first example the verb in the dependent clause (après que ...) is in the passé composé, but in the next two examples the verb following après que is in the present. All three examples seem similar in that the first action is completed before the action in the independent clause. Is the difference that the final two examples express habitual actions, as mentioned in the explanation? (Though the first example seems like it could express a habitual action as well). I guess in English we could say either, "After they've arrived, they go and say hello to my mother" or "After they arrive, they go and say hello to my mother," so maybe it's a matter of choice whether to use the passé composé or the present (après qu'ils sont arrivés or après qu'ils arrivent; après qu'elle a sonné la cloche or après qu'elle sonne la cloche)??
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