"We can live with my parents."

Translation:Nous pouvons vivre avec mes parents.

March 4, 2013

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https://www.duolingo.com/profile/_vtavares

Pourquoi pas "chez mes parents"?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/willijanb

I would also like to know if this --chez mes parents--is correct in this sentence.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Nikitakimba

"living WITH my parents" is different to "living AT my parents' house" though.

The first doesn't necessarily imply you're going to live in their house.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/managerx

Chez is most commonly used to indicate physical location or destination.

http://french.about.com/od/grammar/a/preposition_chez.htm


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jcboy14

ain`t the suggested a physical location? :P

but then again, it`s not word per word what Duo wants, because it says "with" not "at". :) report it :)


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/managerx

Don'ลง know, i'm not native :(


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/kimisarah

why is "habiter" not accepted as an answer?


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/meghanmcn

I had the same thought... I think it would actually be more correct.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/littlexsparkee

Seems like 'rester' should be okay as well.


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/willijanb

"Habiter" is accepted (at least now, I don't know when you wrote this) as an answer, one of two alternatives: "Nous pouvons vivre avec mes parents" and "Nous pouvons habiter avec mes parents."


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/martincrawford

"chez mes parents" is the more correct answer in this case


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/Joel-Iowan

Since -can to live- makes no sense then I just assumed I had to drop the 'to'. No idea why though...


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/willijanb

If you think of "pouvons" as translating as "are able", it makes sense. Then you use an infinitive, "vivre" or "habiter", which includes "to"


https://www.duolingo.com/profile/jcboy14

easy to remember that if you want, must, can, and may do something, might as well do it infinitely. (easy to remember if "want, must, can, may" is /are used, the verb after will be in infinitive form). Je pense... :) it`s like dual-verb construction.

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