Some different translationsBonjour,
I used different translations for the following three words/phrases:
"un désaccord" for "rift", which is listed in Collins dictionary as the translation for a "rift between people or governments"; and also in LaRousse for "une querelle"; Please note that neither Collins nor LaRousse has "une brouille" for the translation of "rift".
"se défaire de" in Collins for "to part with something" (as in "se séparer de"); and in LaRousse for "to rid oneself of";
"habile" for "skilled" in Collins for "skilled at/in something" as in "etre habile a quelque chose".
For "skilled" I purposely did not use "doué" because "gifted" while conveying a similar meaning is not the same in my mind as "skilled".
These were all marked wrong, but thoughts please? Qu'en pensez-vous ?
Merci beaucoup et bonne continuation,
Hilary
= Je les ai suivis
Why is 'suivi' without an s in J'ai suivi mes amis?
Why is "l'une" incorrect here? Maybe this logic is incorrect but I guessed that because you already have ce (c'est) in the sentence it would be repetitive to have another pronoun right after. I saw another question about it but am still confused in which contexts it is OK to use "l'un" and when to use "celle" and its other varieties
Bonjour,
I used different translations for the following three words/phrases:
"un désaccord" for "rift", which is listed in Collins dictionary as the translation for a "rift between people or governments"; and also in LaRousse for "une querelle"; Please note that neither Collins nor LaRousse has "une brouille" for the translation of "rift".
"se défaire de" in Collins for "to part with something" (as in "se séparer de"); and in LaRousse for "to rid oneself of";
"habile" for "skilled" in Collins for "skilled at/in something" as in "etre habile a quelque chose".
For "skilled" I purposely did not use "doué" because "gifted" while conveying a similar meaning is not the same in my mind as "skilled".
These were all marked wrong, but thoughts please? Qu'en pensez-vous ?
Merci beaucoup et bonne continuation,
Hilary
Hi, why ‘ce sont’ rather than ‘ces sont’? It’s plural. Thanks, Stephen
I've seen "un tamia" but my Quebec family isn't familiar with the term. They know "suisse", but don't know if it's "un" or "une"
The lesson gives two examples: Tu te les brosses and Je me les brosse. Why are they not both brosses?
The above is the translation given for "a pair of black trainers" to describe what a wanted criminal was wearing, but alternatives given include "une paire de baskets noire", which seems unnatural as it’s the shoes that are black, not the pair. Is it a typo or a real alternative in French? I may be overthinking this, but in English "pair" would generally be omitted (as in some of the alternative correct answers). It’d be odd if he weren’t wearing two of them..
This was a very enjoyable (and challenging) dictée (but then I do have a fetish for the subjunctive for some reason!)
A vocabulary question, however. I can't quite see what function the word "confondus" is playing in the sentence "Chaque fois qu'il franchissait le seuil d'une classe, élèves et professeurs confondus se taisaient à l'unisson." Clearly the sense of this is something like "Whenever he crossed the threshold of a classroom, pupils and teachers alike fell silent together", but how does "confondu" function in this? I suppose I'm asking how it literally translates, so I can make sense of its idiomatic use...
In the lessons on endings it says that amongst the exceptions endings …eur are feminine but the answer was marked as masculine. This answer does not follow the lessons rules. Please could you explain
Why "il y a eu une brouille" rather than il y avait une brouille" My understanding is "a eu" means something like "got." A single action in the past while "avait" implies an ongoing action. Sounds to me that the rift was more like an ongoing action than a single incident.
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