I had written this as plural: "différentes combinaisions lors des combats", but on listening again, what was said before it was clearly "à" rather than "aux", so I changed it to singular: "à différente combinaision lors de combats".

Since it is actually plural - which certainly makes more sense! - I cannot understand why it isn't "aux différentes combinaisions" ?

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Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

Plusieurs questionsThank you for this beautiful exercise where there was almost a one-to-one correspondence between the English and French, and instructions were given where they were due. I enjoyed completing it. I have a few questions. 1. In this sentence: 'mon mari m'avait offert une belle édition de la pièce d'Oscar Wilde "Salomé”,' in this sentence, can I enclose the word "Salomé” between guillemets? Is there a rule in French when to use inverted commas and when to use guillemets to quote something? 2. When a creative work is produced/done by someone or some entity, can we also use the preposition 'par'? For example: un documentaire par Radio-Canada? Un roman par X, des œuvres par Y. In this case precisely, la pièce par Oscar Wilde? 3. I used the same sentence as stated here: 'ces motifs exotiques et étranges qui paraissaient couvrir la toile', but the system corrected me from 'couvrir' to 'recouvrir'. 4. This is most important to me: I struggle to figure out when to use a 'pronom tonique' and when to use 'indirect object pronoun.' For example: 'un musée qui lui était entièrement dédié à Paris', I am tempted to write: 'un musée qui était entièrement dédié à (can I use consacré à as well here?) lui à Paris' in keeping with literal translation from English. Is it always the case that 'à qqn' / 'de qqn' is always replaced by an IOP? In a similar fashion, can't I say 'Je me vous souviens' instead of 'Je me souviens de vous'? 5. Is the adverbial pronoun y only present in the "Il y avoir" to translate the "There is" structure? To translate, "There exists...", "There remains...", we don't need that? I am sorry for the lengthy set of questions. Thank you for your patience.

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freakingtv B.A0Kwiziq community member

the cafe vs. the coffee

How would one differentiate between "He hates the coffee shop" and "he hates the coffee" ? They Both seem to be "il déteste le café". Would you use "les cafes" for all of them and "c'est cafe" for a specific one?

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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je suis blonde avec des cheveux longs et bouclés

"Je suis blonde avec des cheveux longs et bouclés"

Can someone put me on to a link as to why this uses des, and not les?

To me , des means "some", so literally : "I have some long and curly hair".

I thought you needed to use le/la/les for body parts ?

Using le, la, les with body parts and clothing (definite articles)

Thanks, Paul.

Asked 10 months ago

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