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The writing challenge "A few days in Dordogne" expected "ferme" for "farmhouse" and rejected "maison de ferme".
Why is that?
The writing challenge asked "Some friends have recommened a gite".
The answer accepted was "Des amis nous ont recommandé un gîte."
An answer that was not accepted was "Certains amis nous ont recommandé un gîte."
Why is the second one wrong?
The quiz asked "It's lame", "_____ nul".
The answer that it wants is "C'est nul".
Why can't it be "Il est nul"?
Suppose the sentence was a response to the question "What do you think of that film?"
The answer is providing an opinion with an adjective which it is applying to a specific thing - "that film".
That sounds a lot like case 2b in the lesson:
"2. Cases expressing opinions or simple statements (adjectives) about prementioned things"
"b. il est/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things"
correct answers in weekend challenge:
qui devrait nous livrer les fleurs dans l'apres-midi
tu prendras ta voiture le matin
these seem to me to be the same sentence structure. Why is dans not used consistently? what about in the evening or night?
anyone able to help me understand?
thank you
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