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We know that “on” has been explained to mean “one” (in general terms) just like in English, in which case in the sentence above it would mean “no one is allowed to park here, generally”. So I am confused by the fact that, the answer to the multiple choice questions did not include the above option as a valid answer :(
Why the hyphens in "pas - aussi - monstrueuse?"
'When only very few rights were granted to women' is translated as 'où l'on n'octroyait que très peu de droits à la gente féminine'. But in the dictionary it seems to say that this noun is spelt 'gent' without the 'e'; while 'gente' is a form of the adjective meaning 'gentil'
I got it wrong for using ces sont instead of ce sont. Kwiz pointed me to this lesson but it doesn't explain why ces is wrong.
In the A1 writing challenge "Learning the guitar" the question
"because I find that it's a soothing instrument"
suggests the answer
"car je trouve cet instrument apaisant."
which I can see is very elegant but why is my answer incorrect:
"car je la trouve d'être un instrument apaisant"
I can find other examples on the web of similar usage such this:
"...que nous avons trouvé d'être un trait distinctif..."
You managed to finish your exercise.HINT: Conjugate arriver (to manage) using le Passé Composé (conversational past)
The answer given is ‘es arrivé’. So, even when ‘arriver’ means ‘to manage’ rather than ‘to arrive’, & therefore doesn’t actually have anything to do with movement or coming & going, its auxiliary is still être rather than avoir?
Are there any further such instances we should bear in mind?
Thank you.
In a quiz:
Q: Qui est cet homme?
A: C’est Marc Dupré.
Why C'est and not Il est?
The first rule in the lesson for C’est is that you use it if it/he/she is followed by un/une/le/la or another article. That is not the case here.
The second rule is to use C'est to express general, unspecific statements and opinions, referring to a thing generally, as in something unspecified is great or delicious, like "Science is fun!". But here, the answer is identifying a specific person, Marc Dupré, not a general concept.
Thanks.
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