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Bonjour,I started learning l'iparfait and I cannot understant why my answer in bold is worng, as far as I can imagine the other anwer in italics is wrong. Could you please explain??
"Tu sortais de la boulangerie quand ma mère t'a vu." means:You were coming out of the bakery when my mother saw you You came out of the bakery when my mother saw youwhat is the difference between these two?
Why is the future rather than the present not used for this? i.e. 'next time I will choose the film' or 'next time I am going to choose the film' because it is suggesting an action in the future.
"J'ai très faime !" is literally, "I have very hunger" which seems odd. I thought it would be "J'ai beaucoup de faime !" or I have lots of hunger. Why?
Elle enlève sa veste pendant que nous enlevons nos chaussures
This sentence had me thinking because as studied before when talking about one's own clothing we use the definate article.
Should'nt it be Elle enlève la veste pendant que nous enlevons nos chaussures
"marcher a l'ecole" translates to "walks/is walking to school" so why was this marked wrong?
Rule: words ending in -é are usually masculine (no exceptions mentioned)
Question: What is this noun's gender: ''amitié'' ? (HINT: Look at the word's ending)Answer: FEMININE!
Given that it is obviously an exception, why ask it like this? Just discourages students who've gone to the effort of remembering the "rules".
is there a reason the s is kept at the end when normally dropped for an order- or just one of those things?
An Englishman (as distinct from an American) would say "five hundred AND thirty".
Please direct me to "The correction board if appropriate)
Unless he wants one rather than (say) two billion euros, an English speaker would say "... a billion euros."
(If I should use the correction board, please tell me where to find it!)
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