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Rule: words ending in -é are usually masculine (no exceptions mentioned)
Question: What is this noun's gender: ''amitié'' ? (HINT: Look at the word's ending)Answer: FEMININE!
Given that it is obviously an exception, why ask it like this? Just discourages students who've gone to the effort of remembering the "rules".
The first hint ("they're a couple") could mean a couple talking to each other (as intended, so tu) or that a couple is being addressed (e.g. by a realtor, so vous). It tripped me up!
Hi, there are two options given: “lorsqu’on lui rendre visite” & “lorsque l’on lui rendre visite”. Is the extra “l” in the second one just to avoid the “qu’on” sound, or is it a pronoun with some grammatical meaning?
Can I suggest that in this part of the lesson:
Tout ce qui = all/everything that...Use tout ce qui when the pronoun qui is followed by a verb or an object/reflexive pronoun (as opposed to a subject pronoun -je/tu/il/elle/on/nous/vous/ils/elles - or a noun): You replace the list of subject pronouns with a list of object pronouns. You repeat the list of subject pronouns under 'que'.
Is this an idiomatic exclamation? I don't see what the 'que' is doing grammatically.
Hello: I understand the rule being explained here and am pretty comfortable using it. But I'm struggling with the English explanation/translation in the title of the lesson, specifically the term "Cause for," as in "Pour (+être) allé = Cause for going/having gone" - can anyone help explain? I'm trying not to overthink it, but my inability to understand the principle being articulated here is now making me doubt my previous intuitive understanding of this construction, lol. Thanks in advance for any insights!
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