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It was my understanding that quitter + possessive adjective means quitting permanently whereas quitter + direct article means leaving the place for a day.
In the quiz the options are
Ils partent leur travail à 19h. - incorrect
Ils quittent leur travail à 19h. - correct
however, in the quick lesson it says:
En général, nous quittons le bureau à 18h.We usually leave the office at 6pm.
Il a enfin quitté son travail ! Tant mieux pour lui !He finally quit his job! Good for him!
How does one discern the meaning of quitter between quitting and leaving?
... et maintenant il désespérait de jamais la revoir !
In the above sentence, can I place 'jamais' before the preposition 'de'?
Il avait rencontré cette jeune Française dont il était tombé éperdument amoureux.
In this sentence, why is the adverb 'éperdument' after the participle?
Hello! I was always taught that adjectives related to beauty, age, goodness and size went before the noun. I was wondering why the translation is “une toile monumentale” rather than une monumentale toile. Thank you!
You explain the sound of é as the first half of the vowel in ‘name’. Why don’t you describe it as the vowel in english words like fit or in?
The boys cut out "des poissons," why do they stick "les" on their friends' backs instead of "en"?
why we used huîtres fraîches instaed of huîtres frais?
The verb aller is used ,like allons but how can I used when I talking about we ( féminine) . How can I used , or is the same allons or is like the feminist é or not.
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