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Bonjour!

I think that the bolds to the above paragraphe on conjugation is a bit tricky. I am corying it below

je me / m' 

tu te / t'

il, elle, on se / s'                          + verb conjugated in the right form

nous nous

vous vous

ils, elles se / s

"Je, il, elle, on" must not be in bold. Because they are bold I thought that I could use them in the reflexive form.

Merci

What does "en gras" mean in the context of a title?

Quand j'ai recherche "French-Canadian" dans le dictionnaire, (Collins- online), j'ai trouve: "Canadienne-Francaise". Peut-etre l'allusion aurait ete, "from Quebec" ou "Quebecois" ?

J'ai ecrit, "...elle peut chanter". Est-ce que cette phrase est aussi bonne que "...elle sait chanter" ? Je dois dire que je trouve que c'est une belle phrase: "...elle sait chanter" !

« Combien d’enfants avez-vous? »

Can’t figure out why this is right. Enfants is plural.

Wouldn’t you say « J’ai des enfants. »

In the lesson, there are two examples given:

1. Nous sommes gentils

2. On est gentils

In the second example, why is there “s” on the end of gentils? Should it not be gentil - since “on” is 3rd person singular?

Hi Céline, in your excellent response below, just checking that after 'que' je is needed (or implied). Otherwise , wouldn't qui be used?

The English sentence is: Fantastic! I can't wait to try my new skis.

Why is it - J'ai hâte d’essayer mes nouveaux skis. When the English is negative.

I had " Je n'ai pas hâte d’essayer mes nouveaux skis.

In the quiz, one of the question was translating ''Nous ne sommes pas arrivés depuis longtemps.''

I selected "We din't arrive for long" which is marked wrong. 

The right answer was "We haven't been there long". Doesn't this sentence mean "we have just arrived"?

If so, in the lesson, Ne ... pas + Passé composé + depuis longtemps = not in a long time. 

Aren't these contradicting. Can someone explain or clarify please. Thanks.