Wondering about my alternative answersI put in some different answers from what was accepted and wondered if any of the following were possible.
1. For "I really need to save", is it OK to use "il faut vraiment", or does "absolument" always naturally go with "il faut" ?
2. For "I've stopped buying expensive brands", can I also use the reflexive "Je me suis arrêtée d'acheter des marques chères" ?
3. For "and instead I've tried the supermarket brands" can we use "au lieu" in place of "à la place"?; and finally :
4. For "I must admit", can the verb "avouer" replace "admettre", as in "Je dois l'avouer..." or does this have a different sense ?
Thanks
1. Jean- Pierre remarque la belle Mireille. Jean-Pierre
………remarque.
2. Mireille lève les yeux. Elle…….
lève.
3. Robert ne connaît pas Henri. Il ne………
connait pas.
4. Il n'ouvre pas cette porte. Il ne
……….ouvre pas.
5. Paul va fermer la fenêtre. Il va
……….fermer
Could you use "je suis pressé(e) de..." for "I can't wait to...". i.e. Je suis pressé(e) de découvrir le manoir hanté...
I thought I had seen that construction suggested as a possibility somewhere in the past, but I'm never quite sure if it rings correctly to a native speaker, or if that sounds more like "I'm in a hurry to..." (i.e. more stressed than excited).
Yes Paul. I agree with you. I never learned phrases like that in school. Would they be commonly used ie. Should I try to use them in conversation or would I get funny looks, haha?
What would "some teacher" be in french if not -"un professeur"?
If it was "some teachers", It would have been ... something else?
I put in some different answers from what was accepted and wondered if any of the following were possible.
1. For "I really need to save", is it OK to use "il faut vraiment", or does "absolument" always naturally go with "il faut" ?
2. For "I've stopped buying expensive brands", can I also use the reflexive "Je me suis arrêtée d'acheter des marques chères" ?
3. For "and instead I've tried the supermarket brands" can we use "au lieu" in place of "à la place"?; and finally :
4. For "I must admit", can the verb "avouer" replace "admettre", as in "Je dois l'avouer..." or does this have a different sense ?
Thanks
In my French - Japanese dictionary, there is an explanation of the usage of «passer» (verb intransitive), the example there says «J’ai passé à l’écrit (= I passed the writing exam)», whereas Kwiziq explains that 'in French, «passer» never means 'to pass an exam'.
So, practically, «passer» in French also means 'to pass an exam' occasionally?
Bonjour Aurélie
I was doing an exercise that asked me to choose between pronom relatif simple or composé. I'm confused which one to use here.
La question........ j'aimerais une réponse est la suivante : où allons-nous ?
can I use que here?
Can you say "en levant [...] une des branches"? What's the difference between "lever" and "soulever"?
Also, just wondering why "avec l'aide de" isn't one of the accepted answers for the sentence "À l'aide de miettes de biscuit"?
This list seems a bit incomplete. What about other vocab such as :
rain / rainy
hot / cold / sunny
I understand the grammar in this example...
Est-ce que tu sais marcher sur les mains ? - Non, je ne sais pas le faire.Do you know how to walk on your hands ? - No, I don't [know how to do that].But the lesson goes on to say...Note that in many such cases, you add the neutral verb faire to refer to an action.It would be good to have a bit more guidance on which cases require the addition of faire. Is it compulsory in some cases? Is there a rule?
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