B2 · Lesson 53Communication

Registers of French

Recognize and choose between familiar, standard and formal French: word triplets (bagnole, voiture, automobile), questions with inversion (Paul vient-il ?), ne… guère, je ne saurais dire, and inversion after peut-être and aussi.

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