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Salut,

pourquoi on dit "C'est un ange !" quand on parle de la fillette ?

la fillette = elle, n'est-ce pas?

Merci.

I feel that this is an ambiguous statement and could be passé composé (as the act of transition) or l'imparfait (as a state of being).  As in "My mother was Oriental, but my father came from Europe" vs. "They came from Europe to go to the funeral".  Compare: "Once upon a time, a king lived in his castle."

Hi Kwiziq

When trying to answer the waterpolo query, my study notes indicated most of the time “jouer à” was used for team sports; plus if a ball is used, also “jouer à”.

I therefore used jouer, and it was marked wrong and I was supposed to use “faire de”.  

Any comments on how you can help us to remember/learn this topic?  

Thank you in anticipation.

Jo

Checking a couple of points

Both 'shampoing' and 'shampooing' are formally accepted and used spellings, but the latter is being 'corrected' to the former here. 

A 'bottle' of shampoo is mostly advertised and sold as 'un flacon' - ' j'ai fini le flacon ' is not accepted as correct though. 

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S1514-A

https://www.carrefour.fr/p/shampoing-cheveux-normaux-carrefour-soft-3560070965137 

https://www.e.leclerc/fp/dercos-psolution-shampooing-traitant-keratoreducteur-3337875787222

what's the difference between "emménager" and "déménager"?

" No you cannot say , 'le jour suivant le mariage' you could say, ' le jour après le mariage' but ' le lendemain du mariage' is even better... "

I have 2 questions about this answer:

Q1) Compare the example "Il a été relâché le jour suivant son arrestation." with "Il s'est réveillé le jour suivant le mariage". Do these both not follow the same pattern of the day following+[something]. What is it about the latter that is wrong?

Q2) Cécile has indicated we could say le jour après le mariage but in the lesson we can read "You cannot say le jour après in French." So which is it?

So I translated "un proffeseur" to be "a teacher" and it was incorrect, with it saying I should have translated "one teacher". The accompanying grammar lesson only has information on the indefinite article (which I was using). What's going on?