Past Perfect Vs. Conditional - Beaucoup vs. de Nombreux - Avant que + subjunctive vs. Avant de + infinitiveI have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):
without any memory of what I had done the night before.
Kwizbot's answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.
Your answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant
Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect? The English says I had. Isn't that past perfect?
before reverting to normal the next morning,
Kwizbot's answer:
avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,
Your answer:
avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,
Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect? Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I would know many magic spells
Kwizbot's answer:
Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts
Your answer:
Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts
Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here? Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux? For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?
Merci d'avance de votre aide!
PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app! I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.
This confused me: "- If the main verb is __NOT used with negations__, then you CANNOT use the ne explétif. - If the main verb is __used with a negation__, you can use the ne explétif, but it is considered optional"
I asked Claude (which is an AI and can make mistakes).
" The text has it backwards. The traditional rule is the opposite:
If the main clause is affirmative (no negation), the ne explétif is used (optionally, in formal/literary style).If the main clause is negative, the ne explétif is dropped, because adding it would create ambiguity or redundancy with the real negation.Examples:
Je sors sans qu'il ne le sache — main clause affirmative (je sors) → ne explétif is appropriate here.Je ne sors pas sans qu'il le sache — main clause already negative (je ne sors pas) → the ne explétif is omitted to avoid confusion."Is this a conflict between the two explanations, or am I (likely) just misunderstanding?
How would you say - Paul should have had to leave earlier - is that the 2e form, il eut du?
I have a few questions relating to the B2 writing exercise "What Monster Would You Be" (which was great, BTW!):
without any memory of what I had done the night before.
Kwizbot's answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'aurais fait la nuit d'avant.
Your answer:
sans aucun souvenir de ce que j'avais fait la nuit d'avant
Question #1: Why is it the conditional perfect here and not the past perfect? The English says I had. Isn't that past perfect?
before reverting to normal the next morning,
Kwizbot's answer:
avant de redevenir normal le matin suivant,
Your answer:
avant que je ne redevienne normal le matin suivant,
Question #2: Why is my response here incorrect? Why do I need to use avant + infinitive instead of avant que + subjunctive? Is there a subtle difference in meaning?
I would know many magic spells
Kwizbot's answer:
Je connaitrais de nombreux sorts
Your answer:
Je connaîtrais beaucoup de sorts
Question#3: Why can't you use "beaucoup de" here? Is there a subtle difference in meaning between beacoup and nombreux? For example, does beaucoup mean "a lot" and nombreux "many"?
Merci d'avance de votre aide!
PS - I LOVE the writing challenges and find them the most helpful part of your app! I would LOVE it if the NEXT button were right under the self-rating system so I wouldn't have to scroll down over the grammar lessons links to get to it.
Bonjour Tous,
The correct answer to the above question is given as 'Elle a monte'. But in the lesson it is very clear, montre meaning to get on something, takes etre. I see others are having trouble grappling with montre, I'm not sure the lesson helps. Au secours!
Hello,
J'utilise ces tomates. ________ les dernières.
Why is it "ce sont" rather than "elles sont." It sounds like we are speaking about specific tomatoes, hences "elles." I am using these tomatoes. They are the last ones. These specific ones right here that we are both looking at.
Thanks!
I found that in ce. it stress on u a bit more. especially ce sont. it sounds like suh sont.
I was doing the quiz and there was 2 answers that were the same. I picked the first one and got it wrong because it was the second one. Can someone fix this?
Hi,
Is "de" a partitive article by itself? That is, without being used as "du/de la/de l'"? I ask because of the following example
J’ai bu beaucoup de café.here: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/partitive-article/
Is it a preposition?
The English given for this, I am going to repeat so you remember, is wrong. 'repeat' requires an object. I am going to repeat it/myself/this etc . 'I am going to repeat' is not something we would say without what it is we are repeating. And I'm surprised the French doesn't require an object.
In the exercise entitled "A Book Lover," there is a phrase "...rien qu'en observant ses grands frères et sœurs." When I entered that spelling, the s's at the ends of "frère-" and "sœur-" were marked as incorrect even though they were present in the correct example.
In passing, if Damien indeed only had one brother and one sister, would we have to say 'son frère et sa sœur'?
Thanks a lot.
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