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Can you please explain why we us de le together. I have always been told you must never use de le together. You can use du, de l' or de la. This is a first for me.
If ‘le répondeur’ is linked to the landline, it would be known as an answering machine (in the UK)
So, as the rule in this lesson states that in Negation we use Ne...Personne instead of N'importe qui for saying 'anyone' ...so, should it be? -
- Elle ne fait personne confiance. [She does not trust anyone.] Because the negation surrounds the main conjugated verb?
Can I also say - Je n'ai pas d'idée. [I don't have any idea.], just like I can say - Je n'ai pas de lait. [I don't have any milk.] or Je n'ai pas de sœur.
If not, why??
Martin likes Sarah. -> Martin aime bien Sarah. I answered this question with simply "Martin aime Sarah", and I wonder why was it marked as a mistake. Nothing in the question suggested that it's the friendly sort of like, it could very well be a romantic sort of like. Both options seem grammatically correct to me. Isn't that right?
Considering the general tendency to drop ne in spoken French, could it also be omitted in the examples used in the lesson? For example, would the sentence « Tu as peur qu’il parte » still make sense? Is it grammatically incorrect without the ne or does its meaning change when ne is dropped?
AVEC DE (du, des) vs aux Is there a rule for this?
Salade DE
Saumon AVEC DU , DES
Poulet AVEC DES
Pâtes AUX Gâteau au...AVEC glace
aux pommes AVEC crème
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