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I'm not understanding why, in French, when someone is learning something, it is stated as "apprendre à" and not just "apprendre".
For instance: She learns to dance. - Elle apprend à danser.
Given that the unconjugated verb danser literally means "to dance", why do we need to insert à (to) again?
Tangentially, does the verb apprendre ALWAYS take the preposition à? If not, can you give me an example where it wouldn't (and maybe explain why it wouldn't in that situation)?
Thanks!
Why is it not leurs médailles when there is more than one medal?
Faise des achets
Do you use c'est if a partitive article follows as well?
You could add the English name for a male pig, which is a ''boar''.
Do the singular names that refer to groups take the same conjugation like (il/elle) or like (ils/elles)
Ex: is it la famille est or la famille sont ?
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