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The question is make "Elle s'est maquillée" negative. The following two responses each have a spelling mistake but one is considered "nearly right" and the other is considered incorrect. The answers are "S'est-elle maquillee" and "S'est-elle maquillé". I don't see the difference in the context of the question! Why aren't both "nearly right"?
Greetings,
In the example above, the speaker pronounces the "s" in 'tous'. What is the rule here? I am confused on the s being pronounced. The sentence is:
Vous faites tous vos devoirs?
I just took a test on this subject. What makes no sense to me is that all the test answers use the word must ( must have been, gone, lost, etc.) Since one uses the future of avoir or être and the passé comp ending, wouldn't the proper translation be will have been, etc? When I go to a lesson, not one example sentence uses the word must. Furthermore, wouldn't common sense tell you that devoir should be used somehow if must is desired? Help-frustrated.
Is there a list of all of the adjectives that go before the noun? I feel like there is a list somewhere that I am missing.
I echo the comments below regarding this lesson lacking clarity.
The explanation of when it IS appropriate to use 'devoir' is missing and I find it easier to just memorise the correct answers rather than try to answer them using knowledge of the grammar rules.
This is a bit of an indirect question related to this lesson about "aprés avoir fait".
The sentence used in the quiz is: "Lucette changea les draps aprés avoir fait le lit." This got me wondering about "changea" and what verb form it is, why we wouldn't say "Lucette a changé les draps aprés avoir fait le lit." But on further reading I see that this is just the difference between a form used in conversation French (passé composé - which perhaps most learners come across first) vs written French (passé simple - which learners come across later..?)
My other question is whether the sentence should actually read: "Aprés avoir changé les draps, Lucette fis / a fait le let." You change the sheets before making the bed, right?
Hello. I think I misunderstood the rules about the using cent and cents.
"Cent" s'accorde uniquement s'il n'est suivi d'aucun chiffre.
Following this, I thought the above phrase should be "cinq cents élus". Did I understand it correctly ? Or is this rule outdated? Please enlighten me. Thanks.
I wonder, is the object of this sentence ("la" in) "Tu la suis, ou quoi?" (Are you following her, or what?) part of an expression; a special kind of object pronoun; or just the article for an unspoken feminine object of the sentence (fille/dame)?
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