Grammatical construction of, "...nous étions parties"Hi,
I had written, "... nous étions partis" in lieu of the recommended, "... nous étions parties". I don't understand the recommendation:
So "étions" as auxiliary "être" in imperfect (indicative) tense, 1st person plural, added to the past participle "parti" so as to construct the compound past perfect tense.
I constructed the past particle as male gender plural so, "partis". This as we have two assumed female genders (Joséphine and the writer Amélie) as well as at least one other, gender unknown, as expressed through the larger sentence, "... et avec laquelle nous étions parties".
I thought the rule for French grammar was, choose the male gender when the gender is unknown...l don't want to support patriarchy. I do want to get my grammar straight. Thanks!
Personally I din't like this exercise at all
I really enjoyed this article. Yes, it’s chestnut harvest time, but alas the very hot and dry summer here in south west France has resulted in smaller fruits. However, I have managed to harvest some nice horse chestnuts from a tree tucked away behind a nearby cemetery. I also learned this year to add a fig leaf to the cooking liqueur at it enhances the flavour. I sous-vide the peeled fruits and freeze them in preparation for Christmas when I add to a meat based stuffing for stuffing the turkey neck cavity.
I translated the sentence beginning with, "do you remember where you put my peacock blue jacket..." as "tu te souviens d'où tu as mis ma veste..." but the accepted answer that used "se souvenir" (instead of "se rappeler") omitted the "de" so it read "tu tu souviens où tu as mis..."
Just wanted to know why we don't use "de" here? According to the lesson on "se souvenir de & se rappeler," the "de" is never omitted after "se souvenir"?
I translated 'Mother's Day' as 'fête des Mères' which Kwiziq dinged as a mistake.
The 2013 Compact Oxford Hachette French Dictionary uses the translation 'fête des Mères' (p 719).
I read that there can be much variety in how such events are spelled.
Could it simply be that the spelling l used is not yet known by AI Kwiziq?
Thank you
why is 'épargner' wrong for 'economiser' - does it not mean 'to save' (as in money)?
The example above "Quel est le meilleur aspirateur?" implies that l'aspirateur est bon, correct? Why would this not be "bien", like the case of "Ma télé est bien" above? It's not food.
I put this lesson in my notebook. I could test it a second time but not more. Am I doing something wrong?
Hi,
I had written, "... nous étions partis" in lieu of the recommended, "... nous étions parties". I don't understand the recommendation:
So "étions" as auxiliary "être" in imperfect (indicative) tense, 1st person plural, added to the past participle "parti" so as to construct the compound past perfect tense.
I constructed the past particle as male gender plural so, "partis". This as we have two assumed female genders (Joséphine and the writer Amélie) as well as at least one other, gender unknown, as expressed through the larger sentence, "... et avec laquelle nous étions parties".
I thought the rule for French grammar was, choose the male gender when the gender is unknown...l don't want to support patriarchy. I do want to get my grammar straight. Thanks!
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