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i cannot identify words which as masculine or feminine??
please help me!
The audio files don't match the following two sentences:
Elle est dans la salle de bains.Bonne idée ! Leurs glaces sont excellentes !
Why does the phrase take this form and not 'une lecture analytique d'œuvres' ?
What does he prefer to drink? : ___ il préfère boire?
The correct answer is marked as > is incorrect.
Any explanations will be much appreciated!
Frustrating. I know that you cannot cover every eventuality but with the multiple choice questions, I am so often finding that I have got the topic correct but that there is another trap in the questions but the learn and discuss sends me back to the bit I have got right!.. like when to put -t- between two vowels (a-t-appellé) sends me back to the passé composé I can see that the traps are meant to be helpful but not when we can't see why it is actually wrong and keep making the same mistake.
Why does yellow come before blue even though they are the opposite way round in the English text?
I don't know what party favours are, let alone what the French word for them might be.
I have noted in another post recently that it is a frustration, annoyance even, to come to a lesson, struggle with a concept, and then find the same question arising often in Q and A. The Q&A section is often very long, and repetitive with a mix of highly relevant and less relevant comments (like this one in this section perhaps? - shrug), and reading all the way through it after every section, is not the most efficient use of study time. I suggest that when the urge arises to write in response to a question anything along the lines of 'this has been asked and answered before', that should signal the need for the question/answer to be directly addressed in the lesson - initially an addendum tagged in at the end of the lesson, but subsequently properly incorporated, for example. This is presented as an opportunity for improvement rather than just a criticism - as the end product will be much better lessons. Others may have other suggestions to address this and improve further.
With regards to both conjugations, is one more common than the other when speaking and the same when writing. I think a French friend of mine said once that one is more common over the other when writing.
Also, should I learn both ways or just the one that I find easier?
Thank you
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