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... I hear “parapluie”. However, in “et j'achèterai un parapluie robuste” I hear “paraplu”. Is there really a difference there, and if so, why?
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In this sentence - 'William Jones déclarait au sujet de cette langue ancestrale : "La langue sanscrite...' - why is the imperfect used with an action that happened only once, and on a specified date ?
C’est la voix de Édith Piaf ce qui donne l’intensité aux mots de L’Hymne à L’Amour.
Elle chante comme si son cœur se brisait. Je ressens sa douleur, son bonheur perdu,
et l'espoir que Dieu vraiment “réunit ceux qui s’aiment.” Je me demande si aujourd’hui les français ont une telle foi en Dieu
In this example, "You are leaving next Tuesday, aren't you", the correct answer used the present tense to indicate immediate future, but next Tuesday is not the immediate future. What is the cut-off? A week? A month? It varies?
Why "de Hong Kong" and not "d'Hong Kong" ? Is it because city name consists of two words ?
Hi forum,
What is the correct way of writing English "2,148.20". I thought the thousands separator in French is space, but have two correct answers "2.148,20" "2 148,20"?
I decided to take a chance today and add an e on the end of "je me suis ennuyée" to see whether it would be accepted as an answer. It wasn't. It's a shame really, given that this is what those of us who are female should be writing. I suppose it would constitute a huge amount of work for Kwiziq to incorporate feminine options thoughout all the quizzes. But perhaps this could be a long-term goal?
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