Not too far from my house

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Not too far from my house

'Trop loin de ..' is not accepted - being corrected to 'loin de', although the English sentence is 'not TOO far from....'.

Shouldn't  "J'y irai ...' be accepted for "I will go (where ? - to my classes) every Wednesday ..." . It is being corrected to just "J'irai....". 

From the attached lesson "Note that in French, you always need to mention where you're going with aller (to go *somewhere*)"

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/


Asked 3 years ago
CécileNative French expert teacher in KwiziqCorrect answer

Hi Maarten, 

1. We have taken the 'too' of 'not too far' in the English

2. We have added 

j'y irai 

as a possible answer although as Alan rightly pointed out, it is often omitted for euphony reasons.

Bonne Continuation!

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I agree with your first comment about "trop loin" vs just "loin". I suggest to remove the "too" from the English text or accept "pas trop loin" as a French alternative.

Just a comment to j'y irai vs. j'irai. True, "aller" requires a goal. But if the goal is abundantly clear, it may be dropped. In this, aller follows other verbs that may drop, e.g., a direct object if it is unambiguously clear what it refers to. That, howver, is mostly spoken French. Therefore, I suggest to add the possibility of "j'y irai".

Alan G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

This is a special case, "y" is normally omitted for phonetic reasons before the future or conditional of aller.

Chris W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Good catch, Alan. I agree, "j'y irai" is not commonly used because of phonetic reasons.

Not too far from my house

'Trop loin de ..' is not accepted - being corrected to 'loin de', although the English sentence is 'not TOO far from....'.

Shouldn't  "J'y irai ...' be accepted for "I will go (where ? - to my classes) every Wednesday ..." . It is being corrected to just "J'irai....". 

From the attached lesson "Note that in French, you always need to mention where you're going with aller (to go *somewhere*)"

https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/revision/grammar/


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