"Les enfants peignent ce qu'ils souhaitent."
Translation:The kids paint what they wish.
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"Enfants" does NOT translate to "Kids" Duo....for goodness sake YOU taught us that at the beginning of this course!!!
Les Gosses or Les Gamins = The Kids
Les Enfants = The children
Yes. I hate this casual use of kids to replace children. The formal/informal register should be kept the same in both languages.
The problem is that french uses enfants way more than english uses children. For example, if you're seeing a group of kids and you need to get them to stop you call "Les enfants !" You never address a group of kids as "Children!" when you're trying to get their attention.
Funny, as a teacher I would call out "children" if I needed their attention, but I always felt goofy, lol.
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Does this sentence indicate that 1) the children are painting the topic of their choice OR 2) are they painting the objects that they wish for (like a horse if they wish they had a horse)? If the answer is #1, then how would one say #2 in French? ¨Les enfants peignent les choses qu´ils souhaitent recevoir¨ ?
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I would be grateful if someone could advise whether "souhaitent" means: - 'do as they wish': whatever they would like to do, OR - 'what they wish for': dream for or their heart's desire, OR - either of these, and it depends on context. It feels like the usage here contradicts previous examples.
Your suggestion got me curious so I looked up whatever. Apparently "ce que" means "what" and "quoi que" means whatever.
The children paint what they wish for
Is this bad english or should it be accepted? (not a native speaker)
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Prenez soin ! There is a typo in the "correct" answer. I typed "ce qu'ils souhaitent" and was told i have a typo, it should have been "ce qu'il souhaite". At least i didn't get it wrong.
Pronunciation question: For the conjugations of 'peindre', the 'g' in the plural forms seems to change the stem pronunciation from "ah" to "eh" sound. Is this correct?
I can't comment on "eigne" in general, but specifically for "peindre" you seem to be correct according to the pronunciation recordings here: https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-peindre.html Also, the pronunciation of "enseigner" (to teach) that we've had match what you said: https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-enseigner.html
Perhaps it's just that I'm an older generation, but I would never have addressed a group of children in school as "kids", I would always have said "children", especially if I didn't know them very well, although I might have said "My kids" when talking about my own children. I also put "whatever they wish", which was rejected, as "what they wish" does not sound natural to me in English.