Some alternate translations and learned new vocabularyThis exercise was a good learning experience.
Would "... dans un tel chic restaurant ?" work as well ?
Also, I wrote: "Il se revele que son pere est le gerant de ce restaurant." rather than, "il s'avere que..."
According to Collins, "ll s'est revele que..." = "It turned out that...";
and, "s'averer" = "to prove to be"
"Ce veloute de champignons semble divin." Is using, "semble" in place of "a l'air" equally acceptable?
New Vocabulary:
How did I not know that "un tourte" is for a vegetable pie, (une tarte for a fruit pie)? But, there it is! And, now I know. Merci !
Couldn't find "pithviers" anywhere so assume it is another word for "un tourtre"
"perdrix" and "perveau" "Un pithiviers de perdreau" sounds like it is right out of a nursery rhyme!
Je vous remercie pour cet exercice, et maintenant j'ai l'eau a la bouche !
Which is right and why?
ce sont des trains.
ou
ces sont des trains.
This exercise was a good learning experience.
Would "... dans un tel chic restaurant ?" work as well ?
Also, I wrote: "Il se revele que son pere est le gerant de ce restaurant." rather than, "il s'avere que..."
According to Collins, "ll s'est revele que..." = "It turned out that...";
and, "s'averer" = "to prove to be"
"Ce veloute de champignons semble divin." Is using, "semble" in place of "a l'air" equally acceptable?
New Vocabulary:
How did I not know that "un tourte" is for a vegetable pie, (une tarte for a fruit pie)? But, there it is! And, now I know. Merci !
Couldn't find "pithviers" anywhere so assume it is another word for "un tourtre"
"perdrix" and "perveau" "Un pithiviers de perdreau" sounds like it is right out of a nursery rhyme!
Je vous remercie pour cet exercice, et maintenant j'ai l'eau a la bouche !
I have no idea what this phrase is supposed to illustrate, let alone identify what part of it is supposed to be the adjective. Are you trying to say une fille blonde comme le soleil? If so, I think this particular exercise is not clear. It seems like a tossed word salad.
In English, one would generally not say "a blonde as the sun girl" one would say a girl as blonde as the sun. Though to be frank, I would not say that, either.
The lesson re the above clearly states that “If it/ he/ she is followed by a determinant you will use c’est.” Why then, after taking Lucie’s temperature does the doctor say, “ Elle est un peu élevée” and when taking her blood pressure, “Elle est un peu basse”? I can understand why he would say “Elle est élevée” or “Elle est basse” but surely the given answer contradicts the rule.
I was definitely listening to this exercise in French but the answers were shown in English with various options provided. That's not how this usually works, unless I've been drinking too much eggnog...
I thought the following analysis by Google's Gemini was interesting.
Analyse du mot "siècle" ou "siècles" :Le mot correct est "siècle".
Explication :
Le mot "siècle" désigne une période de cent ans.Dans la phrase, il est question d'une période qui s'étend de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au milieu du XIXe siècle.Cette période correspond à un seul siècle, le XIXe siècle.Le mot "siècles" ne serait pas correct car il impliquerait qu'il y a eu plusieurs siècles entre la fin du XVIIIe et le milieu du XIXe siècle.Voici quelques arguments supplémentaires pour justifier le choix du mot "siècle" :
Le contexte de la phrase ne mentionne aucun événement qui se serait déroulé sur plusieurs siècles.L'évolution de l'examen décrite dans la phrase est un processus graduel qui s'est déroulé sur un seul siècle.Le singulier "siècle" est plus précis et plus élégant que le pluriel "siècles" dans ce contexte.Conclusion :
Le mot "siècle" est le choix correct dans cette phrase. Il est plus précis, plus élégant et plus cohérent avec le contexte que le mot "siècles".
Why is it not "Non, ici rien n'est PAS cher"?
I saw in a previous post that you refer us to Ne ... rien = Nothing (French Negations), but this says that you don't need "pas" in situations where you use a different word in place of "pas"... so you could use "n'est rien" instead of "n'est pas". But in the text above, "rien" is already in the sentence, so we shouldn't repeat it, right? So, where is the "PAS"? Or can any adjective simply replace the "pas"?
Please clarify... et merci beaucoup!
Could you forward this technical issue to the correct department? I like to keep a copy of the exercise available while I am actually doing the exercise so that I can refer back to the suggested vocabulary if necessary. Sometimes this works, sometimes not. In this exercise, I was not able to bring up two copies at the same time. Even after starting the exercise, I was not able to bring up the page with the vocabulary while retaining my place in the exercise itself. My position in the exercise would disappear and I would see the original page. If I hit start on that page, it would jump to my position where I left off. It was impossible to keep the original page and do the exercise simultaneously. Thanks for looking into this. Send me an email if you require additional details.
I am using an iPad and for some reason I can hardly ever get the arrow for the voice recording to play twice. I would really like the option of being able to listen to the recording once, then write what I think I hear, then play the recording one more time to check what I’ve written. Is this a problem only with iPads or are other people having the same challenge? Thanks.
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