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13,720 questions • 29,388 answers • 836,370 learners
This is so tedious. I will never have to take an exam in French. I just want to communicate in French. I will never be in a position to make such fine distinctions as this. This is just discouraging.
I'm wondering about this sentence: "Des festivites incontournables qui prennent habituellement fin a Mardi Gras, soit la veille du..."
What is the reason for the subjunctive verb tense of "soit" toward the end of this statement?
how do you figure out which one to use in a sentence
Hi.I have some question which make me curious
How can I compare different two Nouns,adjectives,adverb and verbs That belong to different subject.
for example
I have more books than You have notebook
I am more beutiful than you are ugly
I eat more than you drink
Thanks
To à qui and à laquelle mean the same thing and are interchangeable?
Would the past subjunctive have been incorrect in the phrase "before Belinda suggested"? I translated the phrase as "avant que Belinda n'ait suggéré".
Just fyi, the translation of “N’oublie pas de remuer” reads “N’oublie pas de remuer” instead of “Don’t forget to stir”.
Why is plus-que-parfait used in this text in phrases such as " Sarah et moi avions loué un camping-car .."
The correct answer is: mais ce matin, j'ai reçu un email qui m'informait que cet article était à présent en rupture de stock
but why not .....qui m'a informé que cet article est à présent en rupture de stock.
This is a number written in English: "2,148.20". How would it be expressed in French?2.148,20
2 148,20
Both were given as the answer in one of my tests, but in the lesson you say that a full stop can be used to separate thousands - although this is rarely used. And I have never seen it written with a full stop between thousands.
So, isn't it a bit misleading to give that as an option when it is not used in day to day life?
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