Why say l'après-midi, when it could never be AM?Hi Team,
I understand the below rule and it makes perfect sense...
However, when there is risk of confusion between AM and PM, you will either use the 24-hour clock, OR add precisions like du matin (in the morning), de l'après-midi (in the afternoon)
But, why would one say "Il est quatorze heures de l'après-midi." when there is no risk of confusion here and it would never mean anything other than 2pm in the afternoon anyway?
It seems unnecessarily specific to me, so I chose not to select this option for the question:
What are the ways to SPECIFICALLY say "It is two PM." ?
It's like saying, I'm sunbathing under the sun.
Thanks
In the phrase "mais j'ai trouvé très utile d'y ajouter les exercises Hanon que tu m'avais recommandés"
shoudn't it be "exercices" instead of "exercises"?
I thought that between noon and midnight (including midnight), one never used "moins", but always used minutes past. Or, is midnight perhaps regarded as a.m.?
I can't find it in any lessons which explain this, other than one example in the A1 lesson. There is no explanation, however. Can you please explain to me the rule about when you can and cannot use "moins"for minutes to the hour.
Thank you
Hi Team,
I understand the below rule and it makes perfect sense...
However, when there is risk of confusion between AM and PM, you will either use the 24-hour clock, OR add precisions like du matin (in the morning), de l'après-midi (in the afternoon)
But, why would one say "Il est quatorze heures de l'après-midi." when there is no risk of confusion here and it would never mean anything other than 2pm in the afternoon anyway?
It seems unnecessarily specific to me, so I chose not to select this option for the question:
What are the ways to SPECIFICALLY say "It is two PM." ?
It's like saying, I'm sunbathing under the sun.
Thanks
may anyone answer my question please:when do we use imparfait and is there any sameness between the two tense
many tks
I was actually looking for a tutorial here, maybe I'm expecting too much...
I'm confused when to substitute use le, la, or y, my test result says "Have you had your coffee yet?"
So the tutorial is:
"You've already learned that the pronoun y is used to mean there (See Y = There (adverbial pronoun)).
Now here is another usage of y."
This pretty much tells me nothing.
Why is a sales ASSISTANT, referred to as vendeur? A salesperson ( un vendeur) is different than a subordinate salesperson assistant. I used the qualifying adjective and it was marked wrong.
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