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I might be wrong, but I hear everywhere that "excité" has a sexual connotation in French, unlike in English. If it's right, I think it would be better to change the adjective here.
Why is the passé composé used here: "Depuis que je t'ai rencontré.." when the rule says you use "depuis que + l'indicatif" --very confusing and frustrating without an explanation.
Why should I say "Je suis UN oncle" instead of "Je suis oncle"? I shall say "Il est président / prof / boulanger", always omitting the indefinite article. Is it different for family relations? Thanks in advance for any help.
Hello there.
In this question: Les champions sont…… heureux.
I think that tous(adj) and tout(adv) are both correct.
Les champions sont tous heureux.
=The champions are all happy.
Les champions sont tout heureux.
=The champions are very happy.
If I'm wrong, pleas tell me which indéfini is true
In the last sentence we use c'est to represent the baby girl. Meanwhile, all along we knew we were referring to her as a girl and not expressing a general notion. How come we used "c'est" instead of "elle" in the last sentence? Thank you.
I do understand the distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs, but for this English speaker there seems to a real difference between "tu as descendu le cadeau" or "j’ai descendu les boîtes" versus "j’ai descendu les escaliers". You don’t "do" anything (like carrying it down or getting it down) to the staircase/ladder/beanstalk! I’m not sure if the French view the two situations identically or whether it’s just idiomatic to descend something with steps or rungs using the transitive form ?
Why is the subjunctive used here?
If talking about an electric car (fem) why wouldn't I say : c'est moins bruyantE? Correction says bruyant.
There is discordance between the hint and the 'best answer' indicated.
The best answer was listed as " ... ravi de TE rencontrer" with the answer "...ravi de VOUS rencontrer" getting the strikethrough and relegation to the 2nd line!
Both accepted, which is lso not quite right if 'vous' is needed in the social context.
(And the final transcript uses 'enchanté' alone, which although correct, would make the clue to use polite 'vous' redundant.)
I don't understand how "Marie a manqué l'école" means "Marie didn't go to school". There isn't aller in the sentence so how does that work?
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