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the lesson says: To express after + -ing / after having + past participle in French, you use the same following structure:

ATTENTION:
Use the same auxiliary as in compound tenses like Le Passé Composé. 

But all the examples are using avoir. Could you expand a little about using être in this situation? Thanks!

Just curious..would ‘I see that you’re also staying tonight’ translate differently than ‘..staying tonight also’? That is 'restez aussi ce soir' vs 'restez ce soir aussi'

Bonjour.  Comment corrigez-vous les fautes d’orthographe dans la dictée ?  On perd un point avec chaque faute ?  On commence avec 65 points ?  Si c’est le cas, pourquoi ?  C’est le nombre de mots ?

Merci de votre explication.

Rien ici n’est cher. This lesson doesn’t say why we don’t add pas as in Rien ici n’est pas cher. Please explain why pas isn’t used. Thanks. 

In the quiz, I translated "He took my hand"  as "Il a pris la main",  but was marked wrong. The correct answer is "Il a pris ma main" but I thought we can write la main for my hand

Why can't "ensemble" go before "à la plage"?

eg. nous sommes allés ensemble à la plage.

"D'abord, nous apprenons les mots de Pâques"

would it be acceptable to say

"D'abord, on apprend les mots de Pâques"

I know it's not the point of the lesson, but could someone explain the use of chez in the example, please?

Ce qu'elle aime le moins chez lui, c'est son arrogance.

What she likes the least in him is his arrogance.