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Aoede P.A1Kwiziq community member

Why not “ses” as the possessive?

I’m confused about why the possessive of “Ils” in this lesson is “se“ rather than “ses“?

Asked 3 years ago

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dont was used to mean whose earlier

dont was whose earlier but know means of whom/which. i'm getting muddled even thogh ive just gone through lessons again. Can some one make it a little simpler please. Or just a different explaination

Asked 4 years ago

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Sri M.A2Kwiziq community member

De in negation

Why is it "je ne lis pas les journaux" and not "je ne lis pas de journaux"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Claire C.A1Kwiziq community member

Is is still acceptable to use the normal present tense and not the subjective?

Asked 4 years ago

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Nanja S.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of plutôt in Anger Management

Can “Ça marche géneralement plutôt bien” ( quite well) be rendered as assez bien? I e would assez bien and plutôt bien be interchangable in above sentence?

Asked 3 years ago

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diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

quiconque instead of n'importe qui

est on peut utiliser quiconque dans le phrase "je pourrais forcer n'importe qui à dire la vérité,"- je pourrais forcer quiconque à dire la vérité,

Asked 3 years ago

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Johanna A.A0Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

add more

Can u add more like james got the Job thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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Lamach H.A1Kwiziq community member

Of him/of her..

I tried to translate 'It's not very nice of her', but I got the same response for 'It's not very nice of him' ( Ce ne pas tres gentil de sa part). Is this a generic response regardless of gender?

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I want to spend timeWhy is "Je veux que je passe" not acceptable?

Asked 5 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire un tour

Can we say je voyagerai autour l’Europe in place of Je ferai le tour de l’Europe?

Asked 5 years ago

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