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Before the exercise I put the vocab given into Google Translate if I don't know them. I didn't know "des jumelles" and it comes back "binoculars." Larousse also says that les jumelles are an optical instrument. However, since that made no sense, I put the whole phrase into Google Translate and it came back "the twins are twelve" -- which of course makes sense. But for a beginner it was very confusing not to find the definition of "twins" for this word I didn't know. Is it colloquial for jumelles to mean twins?
BTW, I look forward to the dictees every week. Keep them coming!
What is the reference to the "MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs" in the sentence below?
Just as with Passé composé, all the so-called MRS P VANDERTRAMP verbs (mostly movement verbs) conjugate withêtre in Plus-que-parfait.
What is the best translations for 'They love yoghurt' a) 'Ils adorent le yaourt' or b) 'Ils adorent les yaourts'. If yaourt is replaced with for example 'cereale' would the same principle/s apply?
How would you convey the English expression, "Shame on you!"? Or, "Shame on him for eating the last cookie."?
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