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Public. Too much information. Okay, my turn. Every year in Seattle vast numbers of people ride their bicycles together in a nude bicycle parade. And, no... I've never seen it.
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More information: That happens in many other cities beyond Seattle. ;)
I received the prompt as an audio to transcribe; I wrote it in the plural form (Ils marchent nus) and it was marked wrong. However, I don't think there would be a detectable difference in the sound; aren't the singular and the plural homophones, here? If anyone can explain why it has to be only singular, I'd appreciate the clarification--thanks.
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I ran into this same problem. Without further context how does one know if it is singular or plural? Also I did this while doing practice and not a lesson so there wasn't a context of category in which one or the other is expected.
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It should be marked correct. It sounds the same as "Il marche nu". I googled "Ils marchent nus" and got this link to a newspaper article, so some people really do it.
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I try to read at least one news article in french every day now. I think I found my article for today, thanks!
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This reminds me of a scene on the TV show "Three's Company" from the 1970's. Their landlord had been playing strip poker and lost all his clothes and was going home, wearing a barrel, when he was stopped by a cop. He had to hold the barrel with both hands and the cop wanted him to do something, which I forget, but it would require him to take his hands off the barrel and he was "nu" under the barrel, so he said, "Have a heart". It was funny.
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what's wrong with this lesson, Duo? Can u imagine a naked crazy guy sitting in front of the computer and learning this lesson?
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Doesn't 'nu' count as an adverb in this sentence (as opposed to an adjective)?
"Naked" ("nu") doesn't describe "walks," but rather the subject, "he"--so it's an adjective (in predicate position)--as opposed to "The naked man walks," where it's an attributive adj.
It is describing him as opposed to his walking, so it is an adjective.
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What's with all this naked stuff? "Est-elle nue", now "Il marche nu", what is the infinitive form of "nu(e)(s)"?
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Why do the hints for "nu" include "nu". I have never heard of the word "nu" in english outside of texting slang, and it's typically a way to say no. Is this just bad translation, or a word I don't know?
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Bravo ! Il n'y a rien de honteux avec le corps humain.
I'm naked,while writing this.thanks for your time. And God bless America
