Ambiguous sentenceRex reminds Anna of her dog.
Rex rappelle son chien à Anna.
The English sentence nearly made my head explode :-), it seems really ambiguous to me. In this example it's slightly clearer because Rex and Anna are different sexes, but if you wrote:
Rex reminds Chris of his dog.
Rex rappelle son chien à Chris.
it becomes really ambiguous. I imagine it would be said by someone (say Bob) talking about about three other parties (Rex, Chris and a dog). It would be clearer if there was more context as to who or what Rex, Chris and the dog were, but as it stands it can be interpreted multiple ways. It's unclear to me if the dog belongs to Rex or Chris, and the meaning changes depending on whether Rex is a dog or a person. The sentence needs a bit more context to try and remove the ambiguity e.g.:
Bob said that his dog Rex reminds Chris of his dog.
Bob said that his friend Rex reminds him of Chris' dog.
It seems the French is less ambiguous in this case, and you need to be careful with translating the French into English.
Et pour les petits creux et autres faims de loup
To my ear the "et" in this sentence sounds like the way I would (try to) pronounce "eux". Is the pronunciation here idiomatic ?
These listening exercises are really helping me, Thanks!
This is a phone call, correct? Why was my word Allo (with accent on the A)marked incorrect in the first line?
Rex reminds Anna of her dog.
Rex rappelle son chien à Anna.
The English sentence nearly made my head explode :-), it seems really ambiguous to me. In this example it's slightly clearer because Rex and Anna are different sexes, but if you wrote:
Rex reminds Chris of his dog.
Rex rappelle son chien à Chris.
it becomes really ambiguous. I imagine it would be said by someone (say Bob) talking about about three other parties (Rex, Chris and a dog). It would be clearer if there was more context as to who or what Rex, Chris and the dog were, but as it stands it can be interpreted multiple ways. It's unclear to me if the dog belongs to Rex or Chris, and the meaning changes depending on whether Rex is a dog or a person. The sentence needs a bit more context to try and remove the ambiguity e.g.:
Bob said that his dog Rex reminds Chris of his dog.
Bob said that his friend Rex reminds him of Chris' dog.It seems the French is less ambiguous in this case, and you need to be careful with translating the French into English.
Is servie correct
Shouldn't it be Servi as there is no agreement with aubergiste when indirect pronoun
In the first sentence. Can you use 'autant que possible' in this instance?
Can you please explain why we us de le together. I have always been told you must never use de le together. You can use du, de l' or de la. This is a first for me.
So am I to assume that all pasta dishes [spaghetti has come up in other exercises] are considered countable and thus the "des", while bread is uncountable and thus the "du"?
In the one question they use 'en': "Il s'en souvient. = He remembers it." I don't see anything in this lesson explaining when we would use en with this verb?
In this example - Le temps que nous arrivions, mon avion était déjà parti !
Why is it not - "Le temps que nous soyons arrivés..." because it means By the time we arrived... Why Subjonctif Passé is not used?
How to translate la femme? eg the answer given was this girl? How to know whether it's this or that or the?
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