Loved this Comptine!I really enjoyed this exercise. Maybe I still have a bit of that young child in me, but I found it very useful in learning some of the vocabulary. And, fun, too.
My question: "Les livres etalent leur savoir..."
Since one cannot tell from the dictation if "savoir" is singular or plural, would it be incorrect to write, "Les livres etalent leurs savoirs..."? This was the only mistake that I made, and I hesitated as to whether or not I should use the singular or the plural. I chose the plural, "leurs savoirs" since each book would have its own individual knowledge to show off rather than the books showing off a shared knowledge together.
Maybe both could be correct: "leur savoir" and "leurs savoirs" in this case.
Merci pour votre aide !
I was looking at the Lawless French article on inversion and saw that 'ainsi' may be followed by inverted word order. Does that mean that, as an alternative to 'Ainsi ma mère m'a raconté que', you could write 'Ainsi m'a raconté ma mère que...' ?
I have to say I start to sweat when this question shows up on my tests, because I will ALWAYS get it wrong. I have read the lesson over and over and it seems like I will decided that I should use c'est because there is a determiner, but then it tells me to use elle or il. Then I use il or elle because there isn't a determiner and it will tell me to use c'est. I feel like all the lessons help me, and I see my mistakes, but this one is not helping me. Any other way to explain this to me?
I really enjoyed this exercise. Maybe I still have a bit of that young child in me, but I found it very useful in learning some of the vocabulary. And, fun, too.
My question: "Les livres etalent leur savoir..."
Since one cannot tell from the dictation if "savoir" is singular or plural, would it be incorrect to write, "Les livres etalent leurs savoirs..."? This was the only mistake that I made, and I hesitated as to whether or not I should use the singular or the plural. I chose the plural, "leurs savoirs" since each book would have its own individual knowledge to show off rather than the books showing off a shared knowledge together.
Maybe both could be correct: "leur savoir" and "leurs savoirs" in this case.
Merci pour votre aide !
Hi
While studying with a french article online, I found this sentence driving me crazy for 3 days....... I would greatly greatly appreciate for any help...
Im wondering how "dont" works in the sentence.. Does it mean "including"? Or is it "de + qui/que"??
The word "certains" comes right after the "dont" causes more frustration to me.... Cuz i cannot figure out the reason for that....
Im also wondering why the adverb "impossible" is there without the verb "être"... Does French omit "qui est" like English "which is"?
Why is “ils préfèrent apprendre allemand” marked as a wrong answer? I thought either “allemand” or “l’allemand” was correct here.
Doing some revision and this lesson has had me in knots.
Can somebody confirm or correct me please
Tu aimes mon pull ? -Oui, il est très beau
Does this get to the point?
Tu aimes mon pull ? -Oui, c'est un très beau pull...?
Would it be wrong to say "il y rentre" instead of the corrected answer in the test " il y retourne"?
The next day, I was enrolling at university.
Shouldn't this be 'I was going to enrol at university'?Or 'je m'inscrivais..?'
Cecile and Chris I am more confused. Cecile seems to be saying "vous va" could be right as it can be singular but formal. Is it the "ton" which determines which "you" you use?
Is it right to say "il n'y est pas" for "he is not there"
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