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Rhys H.C1Kwiziq community member

Combien with inversion

I was wondering how you would put combien into a question with inversion; and I couldn't find any lessons adressing this specifically. This occurred to me while thinking about the question "How many words in the dictionary?" Would it be:

Combien de mots la dictionnaire a-t-elle?

Combien la dictionnaire a-t-elle de mots?

La dictionnaire a-t-elle combien de mots?

Or would it be something different?

Anyway, I just need to ease my curiosity.

Asked 2 years ago

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Mike N.A2Kwiziq community member

Meilleur vs Mieux

Does French follow the same linking verb + adjective convention as in English? Linking verbs, which include "to feel", link the subject and the predicate so are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. In the kwiz, there was "Je me sens mieux." I feel better. Of course, "feel" can be a transitive verb also as in "feel an object," so a person can feel (it) better, in which case "better" is an adverb.

Asked 3 years ago

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Gordon M.C1Kwiziq community member

Reflexive pronoun not used

10. Cette infirmière attend un garçon is not reflexive. Why in one answer This nurse is expecting a boy.

Asked 5 years ago

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Paula S.C1Kwiziq community member

Expressions sans "de"

Pourquoi "Ayons de la foi" n'est pas correct, et on dois dire "Ayons la foi"?

Asked 4 years ago

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K. M.C1Kwiziq community member

Adjective agreement

I am curious as to the agreement of the adjective “délicieuses” in the dictation-surely it is the noun “l’air” rather than “moules” which it has to agree with? In other words, “the mussels look delicious”.

Asked 2 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Lucie has fever" doesn't make sense in English, should be "Lucie has A fever"

Asked 5 years ago

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Rachael B.C1Kwiziq community member

Using l' instead of la "Oui, je voudrais une tarte tatin s'il vous plaît, mais je l'aimerais réchauffée et vous mettrez la boule de glace sur le côté"

I am just wondering why it is not "mais je la aimerais réchauffée..." as she is talking about 'une tarte tatin'.

Cheers.

Asked 5 years ago

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Jeff S.C1Kwiziq community member

Leurs prouesses ou leur prouesse?

J'ai écrit 'leur prouesse'. Est-ce qu'il y a une différence phonétique entre le singulier et le pluriel?

Asked 5 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Question about the use of the 24 hour clock

I kwizzed my lesson plan and it had the following question:
Ce magasin est fermé ________ deux heures et demie.This shop is closed from two o'clock to two thirty.(HINT: deux heures = two o'clock)

My answer was, "de deux heures a..." which was marked correct. (Sorry can't do the accents here.)

My question:

Shouldn't this have read, "Ce magasin est fermé de quatorze heures a quatorze heures trente." ?

Or: "Ce magasin est fermé de deux heures a deux heures et demie de l'apres-midi."?

These formats would have distinguished the time as being in the afternoon, not the early morning hours. Is the reason that they were not used because one can assume that a shop would be open during the daytime, not the wee hours of the morning? And, if that is true, is it common not to be specific unless absolutely necessary?

Merci pour votre reponse.

Asked 4 years ago

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