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Is it possible to say ' bien au-delà d'un cadeau quelconque '?
We deserve some chocolates
The answer kwiziq gave was: Nous méritons du chocolats!
Why is it "du" and not "des"?
Il va leur téléphoner.He's going to telephone themIl va appeler ses parents. -> Il va les appeler.He's going to call his parents. -> He's going to call them.
In these above examples, why are both the direct and indirect object pronouns placed in between the verbs instead of in front of both of them?
Merci.
In the next to last sentence would it be more polite to ask "Je vous devrais combien?" instead of "je vous dois...."
Not really a question, but I found the speaker who spoke this text at the end of the session easy to keep up with as I speak the passage aloud myself. Quite often I find the male speakers used speak extremely rapidly for my rather slowly spoken French.
How do I say 'I am well'?
Plural uncountable noun
les épinardsdesTu manges des épinards.
(You eat some spinach.)This explanation is incorrect. There's no such thing as a plural uncountable noun. The very definition of a non-count noun is that it doesn't take a plural inflection. You need to explain this as a difference between what's a count versus non-count noun between the two languages. "Spinach" is non-count in English but countable in French (hence taking "des."
It really sounds like 'Telle conversation passionnante' rather than 'quelle'. Am I mis-hearing it ?
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