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When I check the dictionary "louer" translates into English as "to rent" or "to hire", and conversely "to book" translates into French as "pour réserver".
This is clearly C1 level listening. Too hard
Thanks, Jim & Chris:
Could you use the present participle? J'ai vu SS descendant(e?) d'une limo...
or would that require the english being: I saw her... 'getting out of' vs 'get out of' ? Or just be incorrect?
if ok, is it considered an adjective which needs to agree ? (with ss)
more examples using infinitive, please....
thanks again
Alexis
Hi
can there be a lesson on the order of two or more adjectives for example
petit , and nouvelle
how would you order them?
une petite maison nouvelle?
une petite nouvelle maison?
une petite et nouvelle maison?
Is the distinction the same as in English, where "the coffee" is specific to a particular coffee in the current context? And "coffee" without the article is talking about coffee in general?
So one can say: Il fait que tu aies de la patience and Il fait que tu sois patient - yes? Both are grammatically correct in English? You must have patience / You must be patient. One being a noun the other an adverb.
Why the infinitive? How does this work?
I tend to get tangled up with possessive "de" but wanted to query why the two capitalised nouns above take de l’ rather than d’? The dog is best friend of "Man" not "a man", and capitalising both nouns implies to me a generalisation or personification: despite that, they don’t seem to be treated as proper nouns in French.
Peut-on dire aussi "piste"? Quelle est la différence entre les deux?
C'est la plus rapide voiture du monde.
C'est la voiture la plus rapide du monde.
I answered with the second one, and after much thought, not the first. I asked a french speaking friend and she said the first sounded odd and she would not use it, although she didn't think it was wrong. Can you provide some guidelines?
Thanks
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