use of diff prepositions and meaning intended by "colloquially"—from lesson
To express in those days in French, you won't colloquially use ces jours-là, but rather à cette époque-là or en ce temps-là.
À cette époque-là, les femmes n'avaient pas le droit de vote.
In those days, women didn't have the right to vote.
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In the first sentence, which I copy from the lesson, what is “colloquially” meant to convey? That “ces jours-là” is wrong but it’s used anyway? Or?
When a preposition is used, are there particular rules for using à vs. en vs. dans? Would “en cette époque-là” be incorrect? Likewise for “en ce temps-là” ? Or “dans ce temps-là”?
I came across this sentence recently:
Dans ce temps-là, ajoute Gaétan, il n’y avait pas de lampe électrique. Juste des bougies. Brrrrrr !
It is from Le trésor du vieux moulin p. 101.
https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/contemporain/Boucher-moulin.pdf
Hence, my questions. THX
The first sentence, "il faut vraiment que l'on discute de ta mère" is the contraction l'on for "le" or "la" ? I still don't get why it is even needed. Would it not work to say, "...qu'on disute de ta mère" which then maps to English as "that we discuss about your mother".
I'm guessing that it's a direct object pronoun, but then why isn't "de ta mére" the object of the sentence?
Sorry if I’m being thick, but could someone please explain what the following mean: than"]"> as"]"> and que"]"> at the head of each grammar explanation in the sidebar of the lesson?
A male sheep is called a ram in English and I thought a male sheep in French was a bélier? Is it that people in France call male sheep "mouton"?
Thanks for clearing this up because I was a little confused...
Hi, I used " pour autant que je m'en souvienne" and it marked my answer as wrong. Can someone please explain that. thanks
-Bonjour ! Comment tu t'applles ?
-Je suis Laila.
-Tu n'es pas français James, j'entends un accent. D'où viens-tu?
-Je parlais anglais. Je suis de Géorgie.
-As-tu des frères et soeurs ?
- Oui j'ai une Soeur plus âgée
-j'habite dans le nord
-C'est super ! Tu parles très bien français.
-Je suppose
-Non, vraiment !
-Merci, vous êtes très gentil.
-Et tu aimes bien Bordeaux?
-Oui c'est très sympa !
-Haha ! Oui, en effet. Merci pour cette interview.
-Merci, ce fut un plaisir !
I’m confused by the instruction given for how to use this phrase. Both present and imparfait are defined as “used to” in the examples. what am I missing? Of course for the very first question about this topic I bombed. And I don’t know why. Is there any additional instruction on this topic?
You show the flag mounted with both the blue side and the red side against the flagpole. This is clearly incorrect.
—from lesson
To express in those days in French, you won't colloquially use ces jours-là, but rather à cette époque-là or en ce temps-là.
À cette époque-là, les femmes n'avaient pas le droit de vote.
In those days, women didn't have the right to vote.
—
In the first sentence, which I copy from the lesson, what is “colloquially” meant to convey? That “ces jours-là” is wrong but it’s used anyway? Or?
When a preposition is used, are there particular rules for using à vs. en vs. dans? Would “en cette époque-là” be incorrect? Likewise for “en ce temps-là” ? Or “dans ce temps-là”?
I came across this sentence recently:
Dans ce temps-là, ajoute Gaétan, il n’y avait pas de lampe électrique. Juste des bougies. Brrrrrr !
It is from Le trésor du vieux moulin p. 101.
https://beq.ebooksgratuits.com/contemporain/Boucher-moulin.pdf
Hence, my questions. THX
In this structure in English, you can use either an object pronoun or a subject pronoun plus a verb. You can't use a subject pronoun without a verb. "She is taller than me." OR "She is taller than I am." BUT NOT "She is taller than I."
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