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The speakers in this dialogue (a tutor and an adult student who already know each other) used the inversion form to pose questions. Wouldn’t we expect them to use the less formal « est-ce que » form in these circumstances?
For the question ""Je suis très vieux." The speaker is:" I have answered this as "male" but the bot is grading my answer as BOTH incorrect and unanswered. Could you advise which it is?
My preferred dictionary, Wordreference, distinguishes a car door from an ordinary door in using the word, portière. Should it not be accepted ?
The theory says these are interchangeable yet I used malgré and was marked wrong
In the lesson on the passé composé of vouloir it says:
In Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), the meaning of vouloir is often closer to "tried".Does the same apply to the Plus-que-Parfait?
I’m not familiar with the rule of ‘re’ bring added to ‘grossir’ in order to say someone is doing something again. Is this a general rule?
I note the possible answers were "Retirer de l’argent / Retrait d’argent / Retrait d’espèces". I do realise retirer is a verb and retrait a noun, but wonder why the change to d’ after retrait? (rather than de l’argent, des espèces)
J'ai bien compris l'usage de "tout ce qui", mais je pensais que l'on ne pouvait "visiter" que des lieux, pas des personnes.
"Ah, la voilà !"
Would "là voilà" be an acceptable alternative to la voilà in this context ?
I've checked reverso and it appears it might be a usable locution.
Thanks. Paul.
In the exercise about the new green car with the brown leather seats, one alternate answer was ‘Ils sont fait en cuir.’ The best answer was ‘Il sont en cuir’. Present tense. Was the alternate answer in passe compose? If so, wouldn’t that be ‘ils ont fait en cuir?’
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