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jas e.A1Kwiziq community member

Why use passé composé instead of l'imparfait when referring to restaurant?

Hi,

I'm wondering why we would say 'on a dégusté des spécialités lyonnaises' rather than 'on dégustait des spécialités lyonnaises'. I thought that we would use the imperfect in this case as it happened over an extended period of time?

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Tom K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Dictée : Le bonnet phrygien

Deux petites coquilles se sont glissées dans ce texte :

le mot « traditionnelle » a été écrit avec un seul « n » tandis que « la République française » a été rendue comme « la République Française »

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Rob L.C1Kwiziq community member

Negative command

Why is it "N'ayons" yet "ne sois pas" - i.e. one has the "pas" but the other doesn't?

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Stuart C.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I go to work ?

How can “I cycle to work” become “I am going to work” (near future) by bike. That would be if he is a courrier. Shouldn’t it be « je vais au travaille » ? And I thought that by bike would be à vélo.

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Renita A.B2Kwiziq community member

What if direct object pronoun follows que ?

In the sentence "Fiona est la fille que nous avons invitée" - Can it also be translated that Fiona is the girl who invited us (nous as us)?

Please help

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David G.C1Kwiziq community member

Écolo, oui ou pas?

Est-ce qu’on peut dire ‘nous serons beaucoup plus écolo’ au lieu de ‘respectueux de l’environnement ‘

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Michael H.C1Kwiziq community member

Negating infinitives

Why “Il ne faut pas confondre” as opposed to “Il faut ne pas confondre”?

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Craig R.C1Kwiziq community member

Is "Je ne quitte pas la France depuis trois ans" the correct translation for "I haven't left France for three years"?

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Georgia C.A1Kwiziq community member

en, dans le or au for states, regions and countiesIn the section where you explain about the difference between using en or dans le for states, regions and counties. You say that en is feminine and dans le is masculine. You give some examples of where to use au instead: au texas, au nouveau Mexique, au Québec. But I have had two questions in a row where I was asked what to put for Merseyside and Sussex. Going by the information you provided I put dans le (as they are masculine). I was marked wrong and told the answer was au. Could you please provide the examples of the English counties that use au instead of dans le. Thank you.

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Run on sentence

Bonjour Cécile. A few weeks ago I said I’d find an example of a run on sentence. In this lesson, I had one: Je ne peux pas parler maintenant, je suis en train de travailler. In English, we’d separate the two independent clauses with a semi-colon or a period, not a comma. I’m asking if it’s standard in French to use a comma to separate two clauses? Merci pour votre réponse !

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