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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?

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
“MUM/MOM: Kids, stop fighting,”The answer is “MAMAN : Les enfants, arrêtez de vous battre,”, but it strikes me as strange that “Les” is there when “enfants” is directly addressing the children in order to get their attention. Could I just double-check with you that the “Les” should in fact be there?
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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Translating depicted

In the final sentence why is dépeignait not given as an alternative verb. It seems more precise than représentait.

Asked 4 years ago
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Alan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Difference between nouveau and neuf

Asked to translate, “L’Oréal are selling a new product,” the correct answer given is “L'Oréal vend un nouveau produit” I assume that this product is new on the market, in other words a new creation. Why then is the correct answer not, “produit neuf”?

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Laura C.C1Kwiziq community member
en train de

Salut, If it is correct to say, Je suis en train de lire le journal, why can't one say, "Mes oncles sont en train de peler des pommes de terre dans la cuisine." ?

Thank you

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
La mi-août

Ok, I should have heard the "la" but I didn't - and I put "le mi-août" because août is masculine. Is it, then, the case that if you use the prefix "mi-" the whole thing ( "mi-qqch") invariably becomes feminine?

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Alors / à l’époque

  À l’initiative d’alors Ministre de la Culture ….. can we say this instead of à l’époque? 

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Shekhar K.A2Kwiziq community member
Wrong spelling "repesons"

Hi It seems a spelling mistake with the below statement "L'épicier pèse les légumes, puis nous les repesons" I dont thing an verb have "repesons" as it's conjugation, please clarify.

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G. D.C1Kwiziq community member
Placement of adverb and s'informer vs se renseigner

1. "je ferais régulièrement du sport" --> I thought "régulièrement" would go at the end of the sentence, or at least the expression "faire du sport"? I remember this lesson saying that sometimes adverbs ending in -ment go at the beginning or end of a sentence? Position of French Adverbs - with compound tenses

2. I translated "Getting informed" as "se renseigner." What's the difference between this and "s'informer"?

Asked 3 years ago
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Fraulein G.A1Kwiziq community member
Describing people

It seems that the examples are in bad taste. Do French people talk about people so subjectively?

The only time polite people talk about appearances is when they are describing a person wanted by police for a crime.

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