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Is it right that you don't pronounce the 'S' at the end of 'suis' when it's followed by 'à'?
I had thought anytime a vowel sound follows a word ending in 's', you pronounce that s. Like with 'Je dine dans une...'
As a native English speaker, interrogations makes no sense in this context. The suggested vocabulary noted "existential questions" but it never appeared. Instead, we got interrogations. Seems like an oversight.
The student were welcomed by the principal
Les étudiants ont été accueillis par le directeur
Les étudiants étaient accueillis par le directeur.
The latter translation is correct yet the C1 Test marked it worng?
Bonjour, je pense qu'il y a une faute dans le texte en dessus. "Je ne me lasse pas..." Il y a la lettre "i" qui manque dans le verbe, n'est-ce pas?
Hi, the workout provided these alternative answers: -
“Quel bonhomme de neige magnifique les enfants !”
“Quel magnifique bonhomme de neige les enfants !”
In this case it's OK to place 'magnifique' either before or after the noun.
Is there a rule that states when some adjectives can be placed either before or after the noun?
Thank you
Very interested by Chris’s use of “depuis” in “Je regarde depuis de belles collines”. Does using “depuis” impact a slight change in the English translation such as “I have been watching from beautiful hills” or am I overthinking it.
Can someone explain why the first verb in the extract is in the perfect, while the second (and subsequent) are in the imperfect? They all seem to be describing the continuing circumstances, which calls for the imperfect as I read this: Expressing opinions and describing with the imperfect tense in French (L'Imparfait)
Initially I was a bit confused,
This video helped clear things up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBYVpekmtLI
The fill in the blanks exercise was about people arriving in a new town, to find the streets empty of people. "Tous les magasins de la ville étaient fermés." This was followed by a sentence in the past tense (walking on empty streets from 3pm till 5pm) Then came the sentence being queried (post below). Thanks so very much to all who responded earlier.
Please explain why the given answer is "Alain lui a plaire tout a suite" which to me says Alain likes him... Its not like il manque is it.
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