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can I use "on" instead of for passive sentences
for example
on a donné de l'argent ( money was given to us)
I wish your helps
The lesson says quelques can translate as "some" and I’d be interested to know the situation in which you’d use it rather than "des"? Does it emphasise the quantity more?
So I got a little confused: Why is there no "de" before "quelques", "plusieurs" etc? Why doesn't the rule of "de" before adjectives that precede nouns apply here?
Who's there? Who is answering these questions? To whom am I addressing this note?
I would truly like those questions answered. I would also like to know why, when reviewing my incorrect responses on a quiz and tapping "discuss this" button, I'm directed back to the lesson that just taught me the incorrect answer. I want a reasonable discussion regarding my answer and why it was incorrect. Because, as far as I am concerned, the answer is correct according to the sentences in the lesson. Directing me back to those sentences just proves to me and my novice, uneducated mind that I am correct. -SLS
To avoid having listening to the whole segment again just to try to catch the syllable or two that you can’t quite get. Maybe upload these to YouTube, which provides this function natively.
Aapparently when turning to take another street or road, one uses the preposition, dans, as in "...tournez à gauche dans la rue Jacques Cartier." But if one continues on this avenue or route, one uses the preposition, sur, as in "...Continuez sur cette route..." However, then we have "... puis prenez la deuxième à gauche sur l'avenue de la Liberté" where now the preposition, sur, is used in this turn. So, the prepositions are a bit confusing for us. Can you give us some advice regarding sur and dans in the context of directions?
The suggested grammar sections to read did not relate to what I got wrong, which was mostly prepositions or vocabulary. Does that mean you don’t have lessons on those points? Maybe you should add them. I don’t think you should test on points that you don’t have explanations for on your site.
care of a baby and passé composé?
The answer was” lui est reparti”. I wrote “il est reparti” after lui, thinking lui was only there for emphasis.
I’ve never seen lui used as the subject pronoun. Am I missing something?
Why is it "la maison" rather than "ma maison"?
can I say j'ai mieux couru que toi? doest it work
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