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I'd really like the comprehension exercises to be in French - please!
Why does Kwiziq mark you down for either not using punctuation marks which are not spoken in the dictation or for not placing them a letter distance away from the phrase they refer to?
In a quiz, I had to write a few dates in French. I used numbers in all of them and they were marked correct.
However, my answer "le 14 juillet" was marked as "nearly", explaining that "le quatorze juillet" is correct.
This was the example for plurals. Would the correct answer not be: Nous y pensons a faire? (Since the y is replacing nos devoirs). Nous pensons à faire nos devoirs. Nous y pensons
Pourquoi « je connais personne en dors de mon petit groupe…. » n’est pas …en dors du mon petit groupe?
I really enjoy the new conversations between Aurélie and Céline. I understand about 90% on the first pass, then I read the transcription to confirm what I heard and to discover what I did not. Usually, it is a new word or expression for me. I then listen several more times until I understand everything including the grammar. I also appreciate the fact that the dialog is broken into smaller chunks, in this case two. Doing so seems to make it less overwhelming.
On the other hand, I understood perhaps 10 % of the "generique", despite listening several times. Since there was no transcription, it was not possible to investigate what was being said.
All in all, a great learning opportunity. Bravo!
In writing the translations frequently there is a colon at the end of the sentence. Sometimes immediately after the sentence, other times the colon is placed after a space! Why? AM I GOING TO GET AN ANSWER?
Google tells me that a péniche is a barge - a massive industrial transport - and a pénichette is a vessel used for recreation. Google is, of course, notoriously untrustworthy - what are your thoughts?
I'd forgotten that (certain) adjectives that modify proper nouns precede the noun - charmant village de Trève - so reviewed the lesson on "More Adjectives that go BEFORE the noun". Having done that, I then entered "le paisable historique hameau" ... only to find that historique should follow the noun. Google (yes again) tells me that qualifying and expressive adjective precede a common noun, while objective and classifying nouns do not. Maybe add more of an explanation to the lesson?
Merci!
The linked article on saints’ days gives "la Sainte-Catherine" as an alternative to "le jour de la Sainte Catherine’ but it’s marked wrong in the exercise.
Also wanted to say I appreciate Maarten’s discourse on "washerwoman" - to my British ears it’s distinctly perjorative and laundress is more neutral.
Great text thanks. Just to let you know there is a red admin message at the start. T
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