Very difficult parts to hearIt seems the speaker is saying "l'impact de gigantesque." I understand that a "de" here would be incorrect, but that is what I hear. I presume this is because she is actually emphasizing the end of the word as in "l'impACT gigantesque." Nevertheless, the emphasis on the end of the word seems over done.
Later, it sounds as if she is saying "cette décision était facile." I understand, too, that this would be incorrect grammatically, but nevertheless it is almost impossible for me to here clearly "ait été."
Perhaps the lesson here is that one should not go by what one thinks one hears, but figure out what would be grammatically correct. I guess that is probably what we do when listening to English. We "sort of" listen but actually are just following the flow of the idea being transmitted and fill in the precise details only as needed.
Can you explain the difference? When I looked up branch (of a river), my dictionary gave branchement. This was not accepted in the context of this story.
Why did the quiz ask only one question, yet the results show 2 questions, one unanswered?
My husband, who is French, is adamant that 'avoir' is not used with apparu. Is it that this is a regional usage (eg Quebec v France or even South of France v Paris where he's from)? Or is it just uncommon? Otherwise, like many a native speaker, he could simply be mistaken!
Vous êtes entré-pourquoi il n’y a pas un “s” à la fin du mot entré
I have never seen "merci pour". From my knowledge, merci or remerci is followed by "de". Please provide further explanation on this topic or Is there a lesson on this within Kwizqi?
It seems the speaker is saying "l'impact de gigantesque." I understand that a "de" here would be incorrect, but that is what I hear. I presume this is because she is actually emphasizing the end of the word as in "l'impACT gigantesque." Nevertheless, the emphasis on the end of the word seems over done.
Later, it sounds as if she is saying "cette décision était facile." I understand, too, that this would be incorrect grammatically, but nevertheless it is almost impossible for me to here clearly "ait été."
Perhaps the lesson here is that one should not go by what one thinks one hears, but figure out what would be grammatically correct. I guess that is probably what we do when listening to English. We "sort of" listen but actually are just following the flow of the idea being transmitted and fill in the precise details only as needed.
Shouldn't it be changions de voitures for "change cars" - i.e. plural form for cars? Isn't there a difference between 'change cars' and 'change our car' - i.e. the noun being singular or plural?
In the French translation of 'After engineers have finally perfected driverless cars' no word is given for 'finally' (eg. 'Après que les ingénieurs auront perfectionné les voitures sans chauffeur').
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