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Hello, I've just done the question

How would you say "By the time he came, I had fixed the machine." ?

 for which the correct answer was...

For me, this is a past event and ‘came’ is the past tense but in French you actually need to say « by the time he comes, I had fixed the machine » in English (speaking, at least)?

Thanks :-)

hi.can I use " dans" to  say" J' habite  dans Layon"

Instead  of "à"

how to identify a word is masculine or feminine...

In lesson 2 of 10 in A1, on the quiz I was marked as incorrect when I included "He was not..."  as a translation for "On..."  They said that "we" and "you" were acceptable translations, but "he" was not.  I do not understand why not.    I watched the video & read the lesson, but it did not answer my question.

Is the above question an acceptable translation of "What do you think?" 

Salut! je m'appelle Elsie, et je viens de Londres!

How can you distinguish "le costume" form "les costumes" while listening. It sounds the same for me.