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nancy ackermann C.A0Kwiziq community member

I want to understand when to use y and when to use en. the explanations are not clear to me.

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stella rachel j.Kwiziq community member

Passe compose ou à l'imparfait

C' ____(être) une petite histoire de la brosse à dents que je ____(lire). Ce sont des Chinois qui _____(inventer) la brosse à dents au 15 siècle. A cette époque* - là, elle ____(être) faite de poils de sangliers* et d'un manche en ivoire*. Les Français _____(commencer) à se servir d'une brosse à dents sous Louis XIV.

Asked 4 years ago

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Emil K.C1Kwiziq community member

Erreur d'orthographie

Mon dictionnaire français épelle la fin de semaine "week-end" pas "weekend" comme les anglais.

Asked 4 years ago

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Jacklyn H.A1Kwiziq community member

Proper use of "Des"

How exactly do you know when to use "des" in French?

Asked 3 years ago

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Arnela K.A2Kwiziq community member

Should not ces be translated as these ?

I think there is a mistake made regarding 'ces 'which is translated as those and not these.

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

ils lui ont donné leur nom. (Exercise: Un vol en montgolfière)

Hi Jim,

Thanks very much for your response. My query was based on my understanding that, 'lui' referred to their invention- the hot air balloon, which is inanimate. Further clarification would be welcome.

Asked 3 years ago

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Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What happens when you refer to this idea later?

How would I say, " Reading is my favorite pass-time, it relaxes me"? Where "it" refers to reading.

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Monireh H.A1Kwiziq community member

DE or DES

in this sentence: " J'ai acheté de nouveaux bols et de nouvelles assiettes " why use DE nouveaux bols.......... insteet of DES nouveaux .......

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Expletive "ne" following a positive main verbMy answer to a quiz question in which the main verb is positive included the “ne” expletive in the subordinate clause following "sans que". This was marked as wrong. I’ve followed the discussion about the use of this expletive with “sans que” and there appears to be no consensus about whether it can be used or not when the main verb is positive, and even the Académie Française equivocates. It seems that it’s quite common for “ne” to be used in this context, in which case shouldn't "ne" be allowed whether the main verb is negative or positive?

Asked 4 years ago

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Carrie S.B1Kwiziq community member

Conjugation in fill-in La soirée de mes rêves (Le Plus-que-Parfait)

I'm not sure where to ask this, as the fill-ins do not have a comment section. But I recently completed the test and was marked incorrect for an answer of:

The correction provided was:

Can someone explain why this is the case? Why the "on" form for "nous"? Thanks!

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