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I was taking one of the B1 tests and came across this problem. Could you please explain.
For "Do you know what happened?" I was marked wrong for "Savez-vous qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ?"
Only "Savez-vous ce qui s'est passé ?" is accepted. I feel my answer should be accepted.
How would you say "someone hadn't lived there since [insert year]"
Why would it be "C'était un bâtard" not "Il était un bâtard?" The statement is specific. I asked my partner, who is a native French speaker, and he said both sounded correct/normal to him. He couldn't figure out why the latter is unacceptable, even viewing the rules provided.
Dear Team,
Suggestion for the page
Avoir in Futur Simple + voulu / pu / dû [past participles]
As I can see with all the examples the formula seems to be
Avoir in Futur Simple + voulu / pu / dû [past participles] + infinitive
Unless there is a context where an infinitive doesn't follow vouloir, pouvoir & devoir.
Thanks for all your lesson. Keep up the great work.
Regards
Ignatius
could you say 'c'est l'heure de mon rendez-vous'
And what if I want to say e.g: Clarrisa is a worse/better student than I am.
Clarissa est une plus mauvaise élève que moi/ Clarissa est une pire élève que moi.
Clarrissa est une meilleure élève que moi.
and for plural:
Clarrisa et Ben sont de plus mauvais/de pires élèves que moi.
Clarrisa et Ben sont de meilleurs élèves que moi.
or maybe:
Clarrisa et Ben sont des eleves plus mauvais/des élèves pires que moi.
Clarrisa et Ben sont des élèves meilleurs que moi
I am not sure about the articles here... So is it ok what I wrote ?
Hello, after adding a subject to my notebook and then reviewing the notebook lesson for that subject, it would be helpful to immediately be able to do some practice exercises on this subject alone, without having to do a kwizz covering all your dashboard subjects. Is this (getting exercises for self-selected subjects) possible?
J'ai vu cette phrase dans un des exercices:
Ça serait fantastique si j'en avais ras-le-bol de mon boulot
Et je ne comprends pas pourquoi je dois écrire "en" là. Je comprends que cet "en" prend le lieu du "mon boulot", (n'est-ce pas?) mais "mon boulot" est là, alors pourquoi devons-nous le répéter?
In the sentence '80.000 tonnes de cassoulet en conserve sont consommés chaque année' shouldn't 'tonnes' agree with 'consommés' ?
What is the difference between polluer and faire polluer?
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