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I understand that une soirée indicates the duration of the evening, while un soir indicates the general time of day, but given this is a Level 1 quiz, is that not a bit advanced for this level? As far as I recall the only context given in Level one for "une soirée" was for an evening function or party. I was marked wrong for using choisissez rather than choisis, presumably because choisissez is too advanced for this level?
One of the things that continues to confuse me is when to use à , sur, dans when working with dates ( dans l’après midi - ) , sur La Canebière. Etc because sometimes they use au, à la and they are correcting me . Is there a lesson I can review to clarify this?
Bonjour — do you not use the liaison after “vais”? Is it optional or forbidden? Merci.
Est-ce qu'on peut utiliser le mot français, la péninsule, au lieu de 'la presqu'île' ? Si non, quelle est la différence ?
What would "some teacher" be in french if not -"un professeur"?
If it was "some teachers", It would have been ... something else?
Why use the passe simple here?
Can pendre be used instead of accrocher?
It is my observation that a Frenchman will do almost anything to avoid double objective pronouns - for fear of making mistakes and because they sound fussy, awkward, and a bit snobbish. As they are used less and less frequently, the "correct" order is being lost even to the French. I have been encouraged by my teachers to reformulate to avoid this mare's nest. So
Je lui ai donné cela plutôt que je le lui ai donné.
I've noticed that 71 above has no hyphens: soixante et onze. So is it just the numbers 21,31,41,51,61 that do have hyphens? Or does 71 have hyphens just when there are higher numbers, e.g. 171?
Merci d'avance!
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