"Do you want that one or the one that is tighter?"
Translation:Tu veux celle-là ou celle qui est plus serrée ?
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There is a mistake within this exercise, the "tu" and "veux" can be switched to form "veux-tu" and would still be acceptable.
Is it necessary for the two objects to match, i.e. celle-là /celle qui and celui-là/celui qui ?
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Usually, one compares objects of the same type, but it is problematic when one wishes to compare objects of different genders.
There is at least one exercise that addresses that issue, but I cannot remember what the answer was.
Why is " vous voulez celle-là où celle qui est plus serrée" not correct?
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Bonjour Akyem,
"...celle-là ou celle...", "ou" is written here without accent.
The adverb "où" ("where") is the only word in the French language that contains the letter "u" with the accent grave (`). The accent is used to distinguish this word from the coordination conjunction "ou" ("or").
Tu veux celui-ci ou celui qui est plus serré? ❌
I am not sure why it is wrong.
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"Voulez-vous celle-là ou celle qui est plus serrée?" wasn't accepted, but should've been, right?
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The only reason I can see is if Duo is treating one or both of the accents as mandatory. Most likely "là", because it is a different word without the accent.
I clicked celle la because Duo didn't provide a hyphenated response and it was marked wrong. How can one deal with this?
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It was marked wrong for something else. Duo puts the hyphen in for you. Maybe you clicked "la" instead of "là" ?
Duo says "Veux-tu celle-là ou celle qui est plus serrée" is also wrong. Really? What is wrong with it?
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I'd like some help to work out what i did wrong. I wrote: voulez-vous celà ou celui qui est plus serré?
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You wrote "celà" instead of "celle-là" which could be confused for the demonstrative, "cela", which bears a different meaning.
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There is no such word as "celà". You might have meant "cela", which means "that", not "that one", and does not fit into this sentence. Or you might have been thinking "ce-là", which also does not exist, because the masculine form of "celle" is "celui".
Since the rest of your sentence is masculine, you actually need to use "celui-là".
Then it no longer matches the English "the one that is tighter"! I think yours would be correct for "the tighter one"! :)
- « celui » = "this/that one" (singular, masculine)
- « ceux » = "these/those ones" (plural, masculine)
- « celle » = "this/that one" (singular, feminine)
- « celles » = "these/those ones" (plural, feminine)
Adding (on the end) specifies:
- « -là » = "that/those"
- « -ci » = "this/these"
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there is a basic mistake in all these exercices. About a clothe, in french you say better "trop étroit(e)" than "trop serré(e)"
Note: no such thing as "a clothe." I think you are talking about "a piece of clothing." "An article of clothing" is a more sophisticated way to say it. Clothe can be used as a verb, though. Cloth is the material (fabric) used to make clothes and other things.
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I don't think it's a question of being strict at all!
"Celle la" → "that the", which doesn't make sense because it is the wrong words. It does not mean the same thing as "celle-là".
Tu veux celle-ci ou celle qui est plus serrée ? ❌
What am i missing? I ought to know by this stage!
I feel like I need to be a grammar expert to understand when to use qui and que. The lesson is Lawless French isn't very helpful.
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You need to have at least a glimmering of Subject vs Object, but you don't need to be a grammar expert for that.
Wrote the exact answer except omitted the hyphen and was marked wrong ??
I'd like to know why to choose the celui instead of celle is wrong. What's the rule?
Tu veux celui-là ou celui qui est plus serré ?
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The comments on this page suggest that there is a logic error in the response database. If they are all accurate and up-to-date then:
"Tu veux celle-là ou celle qui est plus serrée ?" is accepted yet "Veux-tu celle-là ou celle qui est plus serrée ?" is rejected.
"Veux-tu celui-là ou celui qui est plus serré ?" is accepted yet "Tu veux celui-là ou celui qui est plus serré ?" is rejected.
Obviously, all four permutations should be accepted.