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Helena F.B2Kwiziq community member

"at the moment"

I translated "at the moment" as "en ce moment", rather than "pour le moment". I believe either one is correct, but "en ce moment" is not listed as an alternative. Would it be incorrect to use that formulation in this context?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jaya R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of double pronouns in passé composé followed by infinitif.

J'ai vu des oiseaux passer dans le ciel.

J'y en ai vu passer

J'en ai vu y passer

Which of the above is right?

Asked 4 years ago

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Kathleen P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

on les mange avec de la soupe de potiron

The hint says not to use potiron. Then the answer uses potiron!

Asked 5 years ago

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Rory G.A1Kwiziq community member

Conditionnel PasseI dont understand why it isn't j'aurais with an s at the end here: "Les choses que j'aurai faites"
Can you explain please?

Asked 5 years ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"I'm sure that you are going to find something you love! "

Surely the suggested (in the final translation) is lacking in the latter part of the sentence. Shouldn't there be "quelque chose que vous aimez" added? How is this inferred?

Asked 5 years ago

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Liyunzi C.A2Kwiziq community member

Questions de l'article1. les fèves au lard qu'on fait cuire 'de' longues heures (pouquoi c'est pas 'des' longers heures ici?)
2. Ce dessert économique est fait 'de farine', 'de lait', 'de beurre' et 'de cassonade' (et ici, pourqoui pas 'de la farine', 'du beurre' et 'de la cassonade'?)

Merci bcp

Asked 3 years ago

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J. D.B2Kwiziq community member

lave-linge

The bot marked "lave-linge" as incorrect, but according to the Larousse dictionary or good old Google exists as well.

Asked 2 years ago

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Annelise K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Fautes d’orthographe et de grammaire.

J’adore Kwiziq depuis que je l’ai découvert et je remercie toute l’équipe pour leur travail acharné. MAIS je m’étonne beaucoup de ce que les fautes faites par les contributeurs ne soient pas corrigées par quelqu’un de plus compétent. Par exemple ce matin, j’ai lu avec horreur la phrase: » je seraiS rentré chez moi quand je t’appeLerai. ». Je m’inquiète pour ceux qui ne sont pas français.

Asked 2 years ago

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E. C.C1Kwiziq community member

You were polite yesterday is not a one time action, it's a state of being, so to say “tu as été polis hier" is incorrect.

Asked 5 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

faire de lui / en faire

I notice that the preferred translation of 'which makes him the first Frenchman to be in charge of the ISS' is 'ce qui fait de lui le premier Français en charge de la SSI' rather than 'ce qui en fait le premier ...'. All the grammar books I look at say that en can stand for 'de' plus a person - but I can see that in practice 'en fait' for 'makes him' is almost never said in French. Is it just too literary for this kind of phrase?

Asked 2 years ago

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