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Translate: “At the bakery”
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Translate: “When I was little, I slept …”
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Translate: “One day, the dead will come back to life”
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Translate: “This movie is an interplanetary disaster!”
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Translate: “French women’s basketball players qualify for Rio’s semi-finals”
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Week 19 weekend writing challenge level B1 possible error. I'm pretty sure my conjugation is correct, because it seems to me that any time "et moi" is part of the subject, then the verb takes the first-person plural form, not the third-person plural.
• And that day, my friends and I will be ready.
Hint: my friends are a mixed group
• You wrote:
Et ce jour, mes amis et moi serons prêts.
• Correct answer:
Et ce jour-là, mes amis et moi seront prêts.
Bonjour Joseph,
You're absolutely right, we'll get that typo fixed right away. Merci et bonne continuation !
This is a technical comment, I use an iPad and when I tried to score my writing, the boxes would slide off the page or it would move on to the next phrase. This has not happened before, so I am wondering if you updated your site in some way that is causing the problems, or it is just not up to date with iOS latest update. Also, does the system notify us if you respond to our comments?
Bonjour Stephanie,
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