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50. Plats favoris des Français, recette du kouign-amann, verbe manquer

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Here is, with my apologies for the delay, the rest of the class activities we did during the Summer 2021 online class. I. Grammar: the verb "manquer" I couldn't very well end the Summer session without at least one grammar lesson! A student asked me about the verb "manquer", so I seized this opportunity to take a deep dive into the various meanings and constructions of this weird French verb.  Here's the lesson and exercises (+answers) .  If you want more examples and explanations, here are a few resources I found: https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/grammar/manquer-de-thing-to-miss-lack-something https://www.frenchtoday.com/blog/french-grammar/i-miss-you-in-french/ https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/manquer-lesson/    (Note: this last webpage is pretty good, but be careful, there's one mistake! The author translates "manquer de + verb" into "to fail to do something". Not quite! It actually means "to almost do something". ...