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Would it have been also OK to say "Je manque à ma douche chaude"?
Why "il y a eu une brouille" rather than il y avait une brouille" My understanding is "a eu" means something like "got." A single action in the past while "avait" implies an ongoing action. Sounds to me that the rift was more like an ongoing action than a single incident.
Why is T’ not accepted as a replacement for Tu, when it’s T’as and Tu as.
= Je les ai suivis
Why is 'suivi' without an s in J'ai suivi mes amis?
Emma says "je crains que ce ne soit un peu trop bruyant pour moi". I understand that this is an example of the 'ne explétif', where the 'ne' does not mean 'not', but is a more 'old-fashioned' form of expression, used with phrases like je crains que, avant que, à moins que, etc. It was explained to me that it is optional in modern French, and not commonly used. In which case, would it be likely that Emma would use it in this context? Or is it there just to provide an example of this concept? (i.e. should we use it or can we safely ignore it when speaking?)
The lesson gives two examples: Tu te les brosses and Je me les brosse. Why are they not both brosses?
Quel est le différence entre "Peux-tu passer au supermarché ?" et "Peux-tu passer par au supermarché ?" "Here's the full text for you to read and listen to."shows "Peux-tu passer au supermarché ?" but QuizIQ gave me "Peux-tu passer par au supermarché ?" in the exercise.
I thought "passer par" meant something more like "drop by" than "pass by" Is this more just a matter of style & formality than anything else?
The above is the translation given for "a pair of black trainers" to describe what a wanted criminal was wearing, but alternatives given include "une paire de baskets noire", which seems unnatural as it’s the shoes that are black, not the pair. Is it a typo or a real alternative in French? I may be overthinking this, but in English "pair" would generally be omitted (as in some of the alternative correct answers). It’d be odd if he weren’t wearing two of them..
Salut ! The reason given for the adverbs not matching in gender and number is because 'they do not have gender', but neither do adjectives, which are matching the noun they refer to I believe- so is there another way for us to describe it? Like; adjectives refer to nouns, and adverbs refer to verbs, (verbs have no gender). This kept confusing me, every time i re-read it, Cheers
In the lessons on endings it says that amongst the exceptions endings …eur are feminine but the answer was marked as masculine. This answer does not follow the lessons rules. Please could you explain
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