"Regarde, il y a plein de papillons sur ces fleurs."
Translation:Look, there are a lot of butterflies on these flowers.
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Why use "il y a plein de " [it is full?] for "there are lots"?
Would "beaucoup de " also be acceptable?
I wondered about that too..... I think that Duo is using the idea of "full of" when saying "a lot of". Thus "plain de" instead of "beaucoup de". Seems to me both are correct translations.... did anyone get beaucoup de marked incorrect?
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The slow version has a peculiar sound for "y" which is not helpful. The normal version sounds correct.
In the slow version, he says the letter of the alphabet instead of the word.
its very strange that the speaker says the French word for "y" instead of saying the y (e)sound
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Why is that DrSBenson?
"There IS a lot of them" sounds very strange to me, I would be far more inclined to say "There ARE a lot of them"......
Studying french is also making me question my grasp of my native [Brit]English!
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Please! 'A lot' is singular, therefore use 'is' = is a lot. 'Lots' is plural, so use 'are' = are lots.
Why wasn't "Look, there are a lot of butterflies on these flowers." accepted?