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Can we use possessive adjectives instead of the definite articles? Why not?
- Pourquoi ma chatte s'est-elle léché sa patte ? [Why did my cat lick HER paw?]
- Tu te laves tes mains? [Are you washing YOUR hands?]
- Il se lave ses cheveux. [He's washing HIS hair.]
It is a little confusing, could you please explain?
I always understood "le conditionnel présent" to mean "could," but here you're indicating that it means "would," which has a completely different meaning. Is that just true with "aller" or how do you tell when it's could or would?
Why do we have Office de Tourisme, amateur de vin, Miroir d'Eau, amateurs d'histoire, protégé de France ( why not de La France?)
but, Cité du Vin, de l'histoire du vin, Fontaine des 3 Grâces?
As the 'jeu de société' would presumably have been brand new why isn't the adjective 'neuf'?
Thanks
il se maquille - he is making himself up; il se fait maquiller - he is having his make up done - is this right?
mettez le phrase au passe compose.
il y a des canards dans l'etang.
The sentence to be translated: I can listen to them for hours!
I wrote: Je peux les écouter pendant des heures !
The exclamation mark was marked as incorrect even though it was called for in the original sentence.
Isn´t Réveillon for New Year's Eve? Shouldn't it be Nöel?
Can we say … je n’essoufflais plus instead of of je n’étais plus éssoufflé ?
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