Nous devons utiliser une tierce personne comme témoin. (We must use a third party as a witness.)This example contradicts the rule immediate preceding it:
You use tiers (masculine) or tierce (feminine) instead of troisième when expressing a fraction, a portion of something (= one third of), as opposed to a rank or an order (= third out of).
A third party follows the some nomenclature as the third person. It is not a third of a party as if someone was having their legs chopped off. A third party to an agreement is anyone who isn't one of the signatories (ie., 'you and me'.)
It seems therefore to be an exception to the rule stated, rather than an example of the rule, as it is presented.
addendum;
This also appears to apply to "third-world", as there is a first world (NATO/OTAN countries), second world (communist bloc countries), and third-world (non-aligned countries).
The rule given in this lesson also seems to conflict with Cécile's comment on https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/in-the-example-j-ai-bu-un-tiers-de-la-bouteille-the-audio-speaker-is-a-woman-and-the-word-bottle-is where she says: "The adjective 'tiers/tierce' will only be used in certain expressions...It has very limited use...'.
I interpret this as 'the adjective "tiers/teirce" is only used in special cases, which you will just have to learn'.
In the quiz I got 'Elle trouve ________ beau'. I answered: que t'es. However, this was counted wrong and instead it should be que tu es. Would my contraction be incorrect?
I didn't get a single translation correct, not even close. Was this really A2? I feel so defeated. There was so much new vocabulary in there. Is it possible to add more hints (like vocab) for this level so we can focus on structure?
Est-ce que les gilets jaunes ont le même but?
I incorrectly did that with the following sentence
Mais quand ma meilleure amie Miriam a décidé de le faire
I don't understand "le tout".
Is "le" article or pronoun?
Does "tout" mean "everything"? Is it an adjective or pronoun or noun?
Bonjour tout le monde, could you please recommend some beginner friendly books and TV shows?
This example contradicts the rule immediate preceding it:
You use tiers (masculine) or tierce (feminine) instead of troisième when expressing a fraction, a portion of something (= one third of), as opposed to a rank or an order (= third out of).
A third party follows the some nomenclature as the third person. It is not a third of a party as if someone was having their legs chopped off. A third party to an agreement is anyone who isn't one of the signatories (ie., 'you and me'.)
It seems therefore to be an exception to the rule stated, rather than an example of the rule, as it is presented.
addendum;
This also appears to apply to "third-world", as there is a first world (NATO/OTAN countries), second world (communist bloc countries), and third-world (non-aligned countries).
The rule given in this lesson also seems to conflict with Cécile's comment on https://french.kwiziq.com/questions/view/in-the-example-j-ai-bu-un-tiers-de-la-bouteille-the-audio-speaker-is-a-woman-and-the-word-bottle-is where she says: "The adjective 'tiers/tierce' will only be used in certain expressions...It has very limited use...'.
I interpret this as 'the adjective "tiers/teirce" is only used in special cases, which you will just have to learn'.
I'm a little confused about what it means in the article when it says that "le jour suivant" or "le jour précédent" have to be used "on their own". Does that mean that they can't be directly followed by a noun or a verb, or just that you can't specify time of day by adding "au matin"? The section following where it says they have to be used on their own mentions that you can combine them with nouns (ex: "le jour suivant son arrestation"), so I'm not entirely clear on the "only on their own" part. Hopefully I'm not just missing something obvious. Thanks in advance for your help!
The link to the video no longer works, would you be able to fix it?
This appeared in a test question on Laura's site.
(If I was rich, I could travel a lot.).
Is this grammatically correct? No!
Shame!!!
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