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Is it equally correct to say “Je me suis lavé LA tête” and “J’ai lavé MA tête”?
The answer given is je l'ai ecoutee. Why isn't it Je lui ai ecoutee, as we are listening to her? Ah, is is because it's not a transitive 'to', ?
Correct: It's hot and I feel like getting/having an ice cream.
I dont understand and the translation just says the Bohemian life.What is that?
How does an adverb derive its masculin or feminine form? The adjective derives it's gender from the noun it is describing, but when the adjective is turned into an adverb, where does the gender come from?
A small niggle. Prior to the sentence, "I am not sure", I believe there is no indication as to whether the customer is male or female. The exercise corrects the response, sûr, to sûre. How were we to know that the customer is a woman without being told ?
I had put "suffisante", as I thought that that was refering to the exigence (feminin). Is this masculine bcause "ce que" acts like "c'est" and requires a neutral ie masculin adjective? Or is the agreement with something other than exigence?
I answered the micro-Kwiz with two ‘en’ + saison answers rather than l’ + saison, but they were marked as ‘nearly’ right rather than correct. Could anyone give me a bit of a further explanation as to why ‘en’ is not entirely correct in the below examples? Every time I think I’ve got my head wrapped around ‘en’, I make a new mistake!
How would you say "In the summer, you go to the beach."? En/l’été, tu vas à la plage
How would you say "In the winter, you go to the mountains."? En/l’hiver, vous allez à la montagne.
Team - the speaker here is terrific. Just the right speed, wonderful clarity of diction. Much needed for such a tough exercise! Bien joué.
First of all, is it "Vas-tu retourner à faire tes devoirs" or "Vas-tu retourner faire tes devoirs".
Then, can respond with "Oui, j'y retourne."
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