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normally we use "de" for make uncountable words negative
for example je ne vois pas de lait
but what do we have to in these sentences?
"je ne peux pas boire de lait" or je ne peux pas boire du lait
which one is correct
ı wish your helps.. Merci beaucoup
Il se lave does that become se lave-t-il? And while we're at it, il adore becomes adore-t-il, but il t'adore becomes t'il -t-adore??
could someone explain for me like broken down what is the source of this so my brain can understand lol like ok im sorry this is hard to explain but for example "je" = i, "m'" = iop, "to me", "apelle"= je form of s'apeller. so like, what does each thing, "il," "y," and "a" mean? i think il is 3rd person singular so it works as "it?" and idk about the y and the "a" is 3rd person singular of avoir, "has"?
in the sentence "J'adorais parler de livres" why de and not des? there is no adjective.
There were several alternate answers to 'I was taking an exam this morning' and they all used the word 'un exam' But in the full text presented at the end, it became 'un examen'. I have noticed this sort of disagreement every once in a while.
Thanks, Jack
PS. The writing exercises are extremely helpful !
I just knew the word défi. And I would imagine the word comes from défiance. Is there any difference between these two words? Thank you.
Both are correct, I think. Depuis is being red-lined.
These names might apply reasonably specifically to 'basketball shoes' or generically to 'sports shoes' in some parts of the English-speaking world, but not everywhere. Why not use 'tennis shoes' in a story based around tennis ? ( « les baskets » is appropriately covered in another of the writing topics ).
Line 7: My answer of vingt-huit was marked incorrect compared to Kwizbot's answer of ving-huit - no 't' at the end of vingt.
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