Celui or le mien
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Celui or le mien
J'aime ton chien mais je préfère ________ que j'ai adopté. I love your dog but I prefer the one I adopted.
celui (program correct response)
le mien (my response)
So given this question, I chose «le mien» since the questioned required a typed in response but the correct answer according to the program is «celui»; however, to me «le mien» is also a correct response.
Can you please explain the reason it would not be correct?
Merci en avance.
Asked 7 years ago
Bonjour Ron !
Actually "le mien" means "mine" in French, so here, it sounds wrong, just like "I love your dog but I prefer mine that I adopted" sounds off in English.
You could however say "J'aime ton chien mais je préfère le mien."
Here is a link to our related lesson:
Le mien/le tien/le sien/etc = Mine/yours/his/hers/its (French Possessive Pronouns)
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Actually "le mien" means "mine" in French, so here, it sounds wrong, just like "I love your dog but I prefer mine that I adopted" sounds off in English.
You could however say "J'aime ton chien mais je préfère le mien."
Here is a link to our related lesson:
Le mien/le tien/le sien/etc = Mine/yours/his/hers/its (French Possessive Pronouns)
I hope that's helpful!
À bientôt !
Ron T. asked:
Celui or le mien
J'aime ton chien mais je préfère ________ que j'ai adopté. I love your dog but I prefer the one I adopted.
celui (program correct response)
le mien (my response)
So given this question, I chose «le mien» since the questioned required a typed in response but the correct answer according to the program is «celui»; however, to me «le mien» is also a correct response.
Can you please explain the reason it would not be correct?
Merci en avance.
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