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I don't understand why this is plural?
Je me lave après que tu te lèves.I wash after you get up.
Why Couldn't we tell Dans l' Yorkshire ? '' 'Y'is a semi vowel right ?
"Note also that you use qu'est-ce que if it appears at the start but quoi at the end."
You say that most words ending in -e are feminine, and yet don't give a single example... Same for masculine.... Wouldn't it make sense to actually list at least a few of the most common words that someone at the A1 level should know? I would be more likely to remember a rule if I'm looking at examples of that rule.... I mean, isn't that the point of examples? To help clarify and to help it stick in you brain. You only give examples of words that are the exceptions. While I understand your point, it seems kind of odd to me.
The lesson contains the sentence "To express the more formal expression for fear that / out of fear that + verb in the Conditional (= for fear that you would do this) or may do/might do in French, the structure is a bit more complicated". My question is: a bit more complicated than what? It's confusing.
Please explain the use of hors-d'ouvres vs amuse-gules or entrée
Bonjour à tous,
Could someone explain why these verbs aren't ever used in the imperfect ? I realize there are alternative verbs that can be used, but am just curious about the reason.
Merci !
I notice that in most of the exercises, "J'aime beaucoup" is often used when followed by a noun, (e.g. J'aime beaucoup mon cousin Benjamin; Elle aime beaucoup les livres)
Whereas "J'aime bien" is often followed by verb (e.g. j'aime bien rester chez moi)
I am just wondering if they are completely interchangeable and if there is a tenancy of beaucoup use more with nouns and bien more with verbs.
Ils ________ demeuré à la campagne l'été dernier.They stayed in the countryside last summer.
For me, it is obvious that you should use "avoir" as "demeuré" does not agree in number with "ils". Perhaps if the subject pronoun were singular more care and thought would be required in deciding whether the verb is "être" or "avoir". Just a thought!
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