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Mais après seulement quelques semaines, elle a commencé à s'épanouir : elle ne cachait plus sa bouche quand elle souriait, et on pouvait maintenant entendre sa voix clairement quand elle parlait, ce qui arrivait plus souvent qu'avant.
Can arriver and se passer be used interchangeably here? i.e. "ce qui se passait plus souvent qu'avant."
'se passait' wasn't given as an alternative option in the available correct answers.
Nick
What is the difference between "Raconter" and "Dire"? Both are "to tell". Is it context?
The example verbs in the lesson (se lever) and most of the ones presented in the tests (se coucher, se laver, se réveiller) all follow the same pattern-- in that the action is done on/to the subject or the subject own body. However, with the verb se moquer the action is done to someone else and requires the use of "de".
It's unclear why one wouldn't say "Ils me moquent" instead of "Ils se moque de moi". Can some explain this a bit?
I thought "plus jamais" et "jamais plus" were both acceptable.
Est-ce qu’il y a une différence entre le docteur et le médecin?
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