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can we use afin de for reflexive verbs? is it a je vais dans la salle debains afin de me laver?
Conjugate verbs (+ être) in the pluperfect tense in French (Le Plus-que-Parfait)
"Elle était déjà partie quand je suis arrivé"I have a playback problem... the first time I play this it is fine but second and subsequent omit "elle".. if I go to another phrase and come back, it still happens and need to reload the page to get back to the full recording.. this seems to be happening in about 50% of the playbacks on this page.. the others are absolutely fine and seems no rhyme or reason.. happens on other pages as well.. don't think it is my iPad.
Help.. I am struggling with B2 rather more than expected and have just spotted that all the recommended lessons are C1.. can this happen or have I done something and how do I escape?
In the mini quiz after the lesson on Du, I translated this sentence as “Julie wants some chocolate”. The lesson on “du” clearly stated this to mean “some”. Why was I marked as not correct? The answer was given as “Julie wants chocolate”. If this translation is the preferred one why is it not taught in the relevant lesson?
In "et lui avait demandé où", isn't the subject still the author, so that it should be "avais"?
Are the baby names inherently masculine, or do they have female counterparts too, such as un chiot --> une chiotte; un chaton --> une chatonne etc?
position of prochain relative to nouns
Hi,
Can someone please explain what this means? Although I have known French for decades, it really didn't seem to make any sense. To be honest, I am very surprised this is level A1, as even I struggled with it and I got really confused when trying to complete the dictation, especially with this sentence.
Thanks
When are you supposed to use them, please state the circumstances you use them in and if you don't mind, an example too.
Maybe Vous haïssez la médiocrité as well
Strange, in the learn and discuss, they come out fine.
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