why is ont used here and not a?

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What my listening comprehension progress of the last 6 months feels like. Don't give up!

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Help me, please. What does “creve l’ecran” mean here?

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I decided to start learning French this month. A tip my friend gave me was to get a journal and write in only French, as a way to retain information and measure my progress.

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Explainin French

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Pourquoi pas « je les vois »?

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Am I missing something?

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What does “en” mean here exactly? In the highlighted sentence. I always struggle with it, can someone help me with this. This illusive untranslatable French “en” drives me crazy

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I think Duolingo is drunk cuz i asked my french friend and he said its supposed to be ils

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Pouvez-vous m’expliquer? Saw this photo on instagram and people were laughing

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Ah yes...

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why is it not les weekends?

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What does bien mean in this context?

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Okay I will go with that

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J'ai ri

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Would arbre a chat be a correct word for this? That's all I'm finding online.

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How was I supposed to know if it was « on » or « nous »

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Bonne chandeleur du Texas! :)

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Shouldn’t both answers be accepted or am I wrong?

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Why d'hopital and not de l'hopital?

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what noise does a french goose make?

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What is this?

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What does this symbol mean? Is it to show that the words can be put together?

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Wondering the difference between un jour and une journee

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Is this a typo or do the French think there are eight days in a week?

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When I don't know a French Verb

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I passed my DALF C1!

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What other vocabulaire Quebecois I should know when Introducing myself to someone? My language is Alliance Francais, which means I been learning Metropolitan Francais but would like to try more version de vocabulaire Quebecois

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I'm studying abroad in France this school year, and this was my French Animal Crossing cake for my going away party!

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Is son etudiante in this Duolingo story a mistake or an exception I don't know about?

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Les bizarreries de la langue francaise

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Pourquoi ce n'est pas quand il etait *un* enfant?

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Learned a new french word today

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French words that are difficult to pronounce

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Duolingo is my 13th reason

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Why does the second sentence use the reflexive form of the verb « attendre » even though the first one doesn’t?

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Is duolingo fucking with me?

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FROMAGEBURGER

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Whenever I tell someone I am learning French and they introduce me to their native French friend who then starts speaking fluently to me. My nerves kick in..

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I’d find it useful to know the roots of these words?

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Conjugation of Nouveau . Why is #6 incorrect ?! I thought it follows like Beau. And l'etudiant is singular masculine . Is this a glitch ?!

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Duolingo getting all existential on me.

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Is one way of phrasing this question better than the other?

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Ne conduis pas gele? Is this some new slang? I've only heard that high = defonce

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im currently doing some stuff in school that involves online/SMS writing. is this an accurate representation of the way french people write Text Messages?

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Spotted at Ottawa

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Thought this was funny

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I struggle with this sooo much even after years of learning French

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J’apprends le francais, ceci est mon nouveau livre j’ai achete en Australie aujourd’hui.

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Les bizarreries de la langue Francaise

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Any reason why Duolingo does this?

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Pourquoi est-ce qu’il a utilise “tenir” ici?

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The Whole French language interlinear by T. Robertson (1856) available for free in Google Books

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Joyeux 14 Juillet, Happy 14th of July !

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Got this nonsensical Hint from Duolingo after I answered C'est moi qui est... Instead of C'est moi qui suis...

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What does lunaire mean in this context?

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Can somebody explain why this is apparently wrong?

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Thought you guys would find this interresant!

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why add en train to the sentence?

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Does this really say what I think it says? I only read one other person's fortune but it had something I'd expect in it lol

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I’m definitely not ‘6% fluent’ nor do I know 131 words lol

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Why isn’t “Je suis bien” isn’t accepted in this situation?

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Ma deception est incommensurable et ma journee est gachee.

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Can someone explain to me why this is wrong? Thanks

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Is my answer actually wrong?

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What makes these certain words “avant”?

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Help. Qu’est-ce que ca veux dire??

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Pretty sure the name of my new birth control is come go

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The grammar looks strange to me but I'm not sure

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French slang phrases from the south of France, written by a French person

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I Told Them So About the AI

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Retiring from Duolingo's french! What do you recommend for an advanced learner?!

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Can someone explain the pun? Google translate is useless here.

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Gender & Number? Help idk at this point

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Is here I really must use ‘en’?

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relatable content

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“What is that thing?” ... I love French!

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Why is it entendi and not entendu here, is it subjonctif?

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What is this..

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Can someone help me understand what the difference here is?

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Au commencement, Dieu crea les cieux et la terre.. (My dad gave this to me today)

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Doubt with the translation

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Je suis tres heureux de recevoir mes deux premiers livres en francais

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Still learning basic french. I'm visiting family and my little siblings wanted to see me write in french. How did I do?

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pourquoi subjonctif ? soit?

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3 years learning French and never once came across this letter. Is it a typo?

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Je suis fini !

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i made a funny

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Why is the infinitive used in instructions rather than the imperative? Is this common?

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400 jours d'apprendre francais avec Duolingo :)

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I bought some French books today:))

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How come it’s “ayez” and not “avez”?

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This appears wrong. Is it?

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Why is pas included in J'ai eu pas mal de stress?

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Why is it “me dit Julie” instead of “Julie me dit”?

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why does it say nous twice?

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French teachers don't want you to find out this one simple trick

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how was i supposed to know?

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What’s wrong with my answer? Why doesn’t “quelques” work in this context?

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is my answer also correct? why / why not?

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Any help with understanding this cartoon? I've got as far as it being something about the news and Scotland being mentioned. I have a feeling theres a bit more french slang in this dialogue than I've been exposed to before. This came up in past paper exam I'm looking at which asked to summarise this

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Je l'ai fait! The next hundred days to come.

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Ca veut dire quoi « Re. » ?

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Why Je vais en Chine, and not Je vais a Chine? Why is it different for different locations/countries?

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Quel est le nom de cette chose ?

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Why is direction written like this ? (DIR ^ON) - why is the ON written in superscript?

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proofreading help please 🥺

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Here, Gandalf says l'anneau ne peut rester ici. Where's the pas?!

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Why is it des bieres and not la biere?

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What function does on serve in this sentence? Wouldn't that translate more like because they stole my car?

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im confused on the syntax of this sentence

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Hello, I am really confused, why in the first sentence, there is une voiture, in the second sentence, there is de voiture, and in the third sencence, there is d'une, is there any meaning, why is that so?

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I never know which to use when. Can someone explain?

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what does TURLUTUTU mean? is it a french phrase or is my friend just crazy?

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Was watching “La Haine” (1995) and I have a question: why isn’t it “mort d’Abdel Ichaha” instead of “mort de Abdel Ichaha”?

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shouldn't this be counted as correct? I know it's informal but it still accepts on as a substitute for nous which is also informal.

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I passed my A2 today!!

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Why is it ‘de Cheveux’ instead of ‘des Cheveux’

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Quelqu'un peut-il m'expliquer cette blague ? Mon francais est trop faible pour la comprendre

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cookies...?

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Someone just told me je te kiffe bien in a text. Does it mean he has a crush?

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French boy celebrating goal by raising a baguette into the air = best thing I'll see today.

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Why am I wrong? What are the grammar rules here?

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Some podcasts I've enjoyed learning from this year

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I don't understand the pun here. Is this something like 'praise be to rented cars '?

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How do you like to read in French? Do you read it in English and translate each word as you go? or do you read a paragraph in French and then go back and translate it? I just found this book for $6! I am level A2.3.

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how's my grammar here?

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Which word is mostly used?

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TIL while doing fr hw....

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What does j'me mean in this meme?

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Would you ever pronounce y, ee-greck in spoken French, i.e. not when saying alphabet?

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McDonald's Canada calls it chocolatine instead of pain au chocolat.

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Imagine my excitement...

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sorry if this is a dumb question but can someone explain de la salade? if I'd been asked to translate the whole sentence from English i would've thought Ils veulent une pizza et une salade

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why is it “ ils sont “ ?

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Pourquoi on dit « c’est ma voisine » pas « elle est ma voisine » dans ce contexte???

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Why it omit the <pas> and not the <ne> or it's not negative ?

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Why is it “savon a mains” instead of “savon de mains”?

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Aide a la traduction

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Quelqu'un s'il vous plait dites-moi comment je devrais pratiquer le subjonctif en francais. 🙏🏼

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is algerienne a special word or is this a mistake from Duolingo?

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Why is it les frere and not freres?

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Colorisation d'une photographie de Nadar : Gustave Eiffel (1054 x 1343)

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Me learning French

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