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Why can't it be - "On ne doit pas que penser à soi." ? [One must not only think about oneself.]

And doesn't this translate to  - On ne doit pas penser qu'à soi  -- "One must not think that about oneself." (because 'penser que' - to think that) 

Please explain.

I translated this exercise perfectly but scored zero. That was I misunderstood and found the exercise difficult to interpret.

I wrote, "leurs carrieres" since the speaker is describing several actresses and their careers, but this was marked wrong. 

I redid the lesson, (link below), which covers this subject, and there are several examples including: "leurs parents" and "leurs chaussures". It seems that this issue has come up in the discussions before, but I am still not clear as to when to use the plural form and when to use the singular form when referring to more than one person and their possessions. Using the singular form makes it sound, (to me anyway), as if these actresses have all shared the same career. 

Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)

I appreciate any help on this matter. Otherwise, it was fun to learn all about Aissa Maiga. I will certainly google her!

Bonne Continuation !

Hi there,

can anybody help with why que appears in the following sentence, please? "Tu dormiras dans le meme hotel que la derniere fois".  The translation I have is "will you sleep in the same hotel as last time".  I've not come across que as a translation for 'as' before.

Thanks in advance.

Kieran.  

Il faut que j'aille chercher mes parents

vs.  je dois chercher mes parents

vs.  il faut que je cherche mes parents

Pourquoi les autres deux réponses ne sont pas correctes?

Convert this sentence into plural form

When I wrote 's'il vous plaît' (i.e. with a circumflex on the second 'i'), it was, to my mind, mis-corrected in the answer, which suggested that I should remove the circumflex.

j'adore la série Lupin et l'acteur Omar Sy.  vous avez raison, il possède un charme hors du commun.  je l'ai vu pour la première fois dans le film "Les Intouchables".   Maintenant, je vais devoir le chercher sur YouTube pour regarder les sketchs!  :) 

Thank you! 

Kalpana

The example listed in the lesson specifies "a bakery in the town".

Une boulangerie dans la ville.

What if I was speaking in general, such as "Yes, there's a bakery in town."

Would this be translated as "Oui, il y a une boulangerie en ville." ?