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I read in a French magazine:
La nécropole de Chellah, l'un des plus anciens sites du pays.
I would translate this as 'One of the most ancient sites of the country.
But 'ancien' before the noun means 'former', which would not make sense. Has the addition of 'plus' caused a change in the structure ? So confusing !
I'm not sure where to ask this, as the fill-ins do not have a comment section. But I recently completed the test and was marked incorrect for an answer of:
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The correction provided was:
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Can someone explain why this is the case? Why the "on" form for "nous"? Thanks!
I had a more difficult time than usual understanding some of the French in this particular exercise. There were certain phrases or words that seemed to have a different rhythm or pronunciation to them. Conversations between two French people are one of the most difficult things for me to understand so that may explain my problems! However, I was curious to know if the men spoke with a regional French accent? Thanks
the answer given as correct for, Elle fait de la danse , is She takes dance lessons. Surely it would mention ‘lesson’ in the French? Doesn’t it just mean she goes dancing regularly?
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if it's talking about all those subjects being foreign, then the English is very misleading because that's not what I understood from it at all. I also agree with other comments saying how a lot of what's in these exercises are not covered in lessons. For example I have never seen the expression "en quoi" and don't really get why it's used here? Why is there no lesson on this and yet it's expected as the only correct answer to one of these questions?
and why is there "d'" in "mon but est D'avoir ma licence"??According to Larousse, Collins and Academie-françiase, « serre-tête » is invariable. Word Reference and Robert list «serre-têtes», but it is not the 'official version' apparently.
From the Académie :SERRE-TÊTE. n. m.■ Ruban ou coiffe dont on se serre la tête. Des serre-tête.
The audio recording for the English "hope" seems to be for "horror" instead.
Thanks in advance for any enlightenment.
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