Some different translationsBonjour,
I used different translations for the following three words/phrases:
"un désaccord" for "rift", which is listed in Collins dictionary as the translation for a "rift between people or governments"; and also in LaRousse for "une querelle"; Please note that neither Collins nor LaRousse has "une brouille" for the translation of "rift".
"se défaire de" in Collins for "to part with something" (as in "se séparer de"); and in LaRousse for "to rid oneself of";
"habile" for "skilled" in Collins for "skilled at/in something" as in "etre habile a quelque chose".
For "skilled" I purposely did not use "doué" because "gifted" while conveying a similar meaning is not the same in my mind as "skilled".
These were all marked wrong, but thoughts please? Qu'en pensez-vous ?
Merci beaucoup et bonne continuation,
Hilary
Salut ! The reason given for the adverbs not matching in gender and number is because 'they do not have gender', but neither do adjectives, which are matching the noun they refer to I believe- so is there another way for us to describe it? Like; adjectives refer to nouns, and adverbs refer to verbs, (verbs have no gender). This kept confusing me, every time i re-read it, Cheers
Would it have been also OK to say "Je manque à ma douche chaude"?
Pourquoi pas « je finirai dans 5 minutes »? The videos say the sentence means in 5 minutes I will have finished, so why doesn’t “dans” always take the future or future anterior? Thanks
= Je les ai suivis
Why is 'suivi' without an s in J'ai suivi mes amis?
Why is "l'une" incorrect here? Maybe this logic is incorrect but I guessed that because you already have ce (c'est) in the sentence it would be repetitive to have another pronoun right after. I saw another question about it but am still confused in which contexts it is OK to use "l'un" and when to use "celle" and its other varieties
Bonjour,
I used different translations for the following three words/phrases:
"un désaccord" for "rift", which is listed in Collins dictionary as the translation for a "rift between people or governments"; and also in LaRousse for "une querelle"; Please note that neither Collins nor LaRousse has "une brouille" for the translation of "rift".
"se défaire de" in Collins for "to part with something" (as in "se séparer de"); and in LaRousse for "to rid oneself of";
"habile" for "skilled" in Collins for "skilled at/in something" as in "etre habile a quelque chose".
For "skilled" I purposely did not use "doué" because "gifted" while conveying a similar meaning is not the same in my mind as "skilled".
These were all marked wrong, but thoughts please? Qu'en pensez-vous ?
Merci beaucoup et bonne continuation,
Hilary
Hi, why ‘ce sont’ rather than ‘ces sont’? It’s plural. Thanks, Stephen
"Je ne serais pas contre un petit pastis" - could you also say, "Je ne serais pas contre un peu de pastis? It seems that pastis is a liqueur therefore you would be referring to "a little bit of pastis" versus as translated which seems to say "a little pastis" (in terms of size, for example). Thank you.
I've seen "un tamia" but my Quebec family isn't familiar with the term. They know "suisse", but don't know if it's "un" or "une"
The lesson gives two examples: Tu te les brosses and Je me les brosse. Why are they not both brosses?
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