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In the sentence in the south of France the answer is le sud but in a previous exercise (Bastille Day) it was du sud. Are both acceptable ? Also in the best answer it is C'étaient but in the final paragraph it is C'était. Are both correct or is this an error?
as jewellery is plural why is a used rather than aux?
"Bien que Mateo sache déjà ce qu'il allait étudier à l'université," / "Although Mateo already knew what he was going to study at university,"
For this sentence I used the subjunctive past tense ""Bien que Mateo ait déjà su ce qu'il allait étudier à l'université," which is obviously not correct, but please can someone explain why? I assume it's because him knowing is not a single event in the past so the present subjunctive is the only alternative?
Nick
Trying to figure out why in the first example the verb in the dependent clause (après que ...) is in the passé composé, but in the next two examples the verb following après que is in the present. All three examples seem similar in that the first action is completed before the action in the independent clause. Is the difference that the final two examples express habitual actions, as mentioned in the explanation? (Though the first example seems like it could express a habitual action as well). I guess in English we could say either, "After they've arrived, they go and say hello to my mother" or "After they arrive, they go and say hello to my mother," so maybe it's a matter of choice whether to use the passé composé or the present (après qu'ils sont arrivés or après qu'ils arrivent; après qu'elle a sonné la cloche or après qu'elle sonne la cloche)??
Allo! I'm wondering if you put the determinant only if there isn't an adjective? So if I say "il est policier", there is no determinant, and if I say "il est un policier courageux" I do? Thank you!
In which cases would I use each of lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles
For example, for "Les pâtisseries sont toutes délicieuses, mangez n'importe ----" would I use laquelle or lesquelles, or does it depend on what the speaker is trying to convey?
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In the last sentence, why is the verb form used, nous ne serons pas pris, instead of, nous ne prendrons pas. I'm not sure what this verb tense is.
Is this lesson basically telling us to memorize these select phrases? Because it doesn't tell us when else to use imperative subjunctive. How can we know?
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