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I understand "des escargots" but then why is it "les vins" ? He tasted [some] snails... we drank [all the] wine?
Anyone have an opinion on this please ? Is there any ambiguity in French ?
"elle a une collection de chapeaux impressionnante." Surely this should be: "elle a une collection de chapeaux impressionnants."
It is the hats that are impressive, not the collection.
If the collection was impressive, it should have been: Elle a une collection impressionnante de chapeaux, or possibly
Elle a une impressionante collection de chapeaux ( don't think this second one is as good, but it may be ok).
Thanks, Paul..
Why is "Il est dix-heures du matin" incorrect?
Why is this correct? Isn't "quel, quelle etc." only for things? and while Les filles à qui je pense sont géniales is correct is there a difference in meaning between the two?
Dear Aurélie,
These writing exercises are a true exercise in humility. I test in the 90's for C1 grammar but I consistently fail (often get less than 50%) in the writing exercises. It took me over a year to accept this - I always would find my performance very disappointing and avoided the exercises (tip to others: don't avoid. They will improve your French, painfully and slowly in my case). The writing exercises are excellent and introduce a wide variety of expressions and of contexts, but perhaps students should be forewarned that one's grammar level on Kwiziq will be higher than one's performance on the translation/writing exercises.
In the sentece: 'Ensuite, j'ai pris une éponge et un shampoing...' I don't hear the word 'Ensuite' but 'Puis'. Is it me or is it a mistake_
Why is je découpais dans les magazines in the imperfect? For me it seems like an action and should be in passé composé.
Having just looked at another lesson on stress pronouns I thought in this case the stress pronoun came second: Tes amis et toi...???
Or
Le Royaume de Jouets
I saw the first one but why not the second one? Cause I think "de" in here is like "Of" in English, so since "Of" is not related to the number of "Jouets", it should be "de" instead of "des"
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