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Hey,

I am. not sure if its ok to post this here. But I noticed that in the lesson on reflexive pronouns.. it says -en nous endoromons, nous (for present participle)

Shouldn't it be -En nous endormant, nous..... What am I missing?

Last sentence - Why géante and not géantes?

In a fill-in-the-blank quiz on this topic (Les enfants au restaurant)

I had written as an answer:

"Je crois qu'elle trouve plus rigolo de manger dans mon assietteplutôt que dans le sien!"

The correct answer was "...que dans la sienne."

My logic was that:

1. the pronouns takes the gender and number of the thing being replaced

...what is being replaced is "her plate," which had just been established as masculine.

2. In French, the possessive pronouns agree with the thing possessed and not the owner

3. The possessor is a singular girl, which would explain where a singular feminine "la sienne" COULD come from.

So, why does the correct answer seem to reference the possessor and not the possessed object in this example?

More and more the Kwizik algorithm resembles a policeman hiding behind a bush in order to catch a speeding motorist. Please inform us if we haven't answered a question. A lot of the time it is accidental!???????????????

i used avoir envie as it is a wish, a desire. question not say it was a medical necessity which would be avoir besoin de;

that was my understanding of difference between the two, is that not right?