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Quand le soleil retourne....
Can we substitute 'revient' with 'retourne'?
(if no 'why')
Merci
Can you tell me how to decide between usage of 'de' and 'des'
for example
regarder des vidéos de chatons et de bébés
j'ai écrit
vidéos des chatons et des bébés!
2)Also how to say
(Its quite congfusing)
Is it
C'est déroutant!
Ca me confond un peu!
Merci beaucoup
est on peut utiliser quiconque dans le phrase "je pourrais forcer n'importe qui à dire la vérité,"- je pourrais forcer quiconque à dire la vérité,
Even though I've read and practiced a lot with them, I still can distinguish which is which, why in this story "Je voulais les garder" but not "J'ai voulu les garder". Please help me!
Pourquoi on ne peut pas écrire?
1)Après être séparé au lieu de après s’être séparé. Dans la premiere option est-ce qu'il faut un objet....après être séparé de .... qqchose
2)six mois avant au lieu de six mois plus tôt?
3)That was the last time we played matchmakers
j'ai ecrit
c’était la dernière fois qu'on a joué les matchmakers.(c'est acceptable??)
Merci .
In “En 1253, le chapelain Robert de Sorbon fonde un collège pour élèves nécessiteux” I was surprised that it was not “les élèves” or “des élèves”. Is there a particular reason why this is the case?
Do you use un or une when using nous and vous? I'm studying professions in sentences, and 2 of the sentences went as follows:
"Nous sommes ____ ____________" (The profession was a journalist)
"Vous etes ____ _____________" (The profession was a cook)
I'm confused on this and can't seem to find any articles online about it :(
The audio example for « il geint » doesn’t sound like the other -eint verbs (eg il peint), it’s more like "jean". Does the initial g alter the pronunciation?
James asked this question a year ago but no answer. I also used rafales for gusts having never encountered bourrasques before.
I am always getting this wrong and wonder if there is a simple way that people remember when to use encore/toujours for "still" - i.e. why is the correct answer for this exercise, "ils sont ENCORE jeunes" (they are still/again young) and not "ils sont TOUJOURS jeunes (they are still/always young) ?
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