I did the weekly challenge 'last week'. Is it wrong to write 'au concert de rock' because the correct form showed 'à un concert de rock'. Is the difference due to 'the concert' and 'a concert'?
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Bonjour Prema !
Yes indeed : if you wanted to say "I'm going to a rock concert", you would use "Je vais à un concert de rock", whereas "I'm going to the rock concert" would require the contracted article "Je vais au (à+le) concert de rock".
À bientôt !
I don't understand the scoring on the writing challenge. I can get all 5s and 4s and come up with a total score of 26 out of 65. It kind of discourages me from taking the writing challenge. Please explain. Thank you
Bonjour Dorothy !
I consulted your testing records, and it looks like you didn't select a score for every answer, as for some of them, your score remained blank.
That could certainly explain the score discrepancy :)
Make sure to select a number for every answer, and please let me know if this situation happens again!
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
When using the subjunctive after pour que would "be able to" and "would be able to" translate to the same Puiss... In other words there is no conditional subjunctive although I guess subjunctive implies "subjective or conditional"
Bonjour Mike !
Yes, as you pointed out, the subjunctive already contains the notion of a "possible" hypothesis. Indeed, Conditional and Subjunctive are two distinct moods, divided themselves in tenses, so there can't be a "conditional subjunctive" nor a "subjunctive conditional" :)
You would therefore use Le Subjonctif Présent or Passé in cases with conditional after "pour que".
Bonne journée !