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Rhona L.A1Kwiziq community member

Why not juste au cas as in the first example you give?

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The helper word list contains “bureau” as the last item...

...but this doesn’t appear in the story.

Asked 5 years ago

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Val C.C1Kwiziq community member

Just curious on the use of word ‘assistent’ in relation to 60,000 spectateurs?

Asked 4 years ago

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Yulyvrdcapbilvsyy Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Marie était en retard de deux heures." What grammatical structure is "de" acting as?

And, if a "best-efforts translation" to English were possible, would "de" represent "late OF two hours", "late BY two hours", or "late SOME two hours"?

Cheers, Alec

Asked 4 years ago

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Hans F.B1Kwiziq community member

Don't understand why this lesson is under "Pronouns"

Hi,

I'm having difficulties understanding why this lesson is under "Pronouns"... It looks to me it would be better places under "Idioms and Idiomatic Expressions"...

You can always point out that I'm wrong off course.

Asked 4 years ago

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Jilly C.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of ‘‘e

Can I say 'je suis en train de lire ce livre' if I am reading the book but not actually at that moment?

Asked 3 years ago

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James H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il a descendu le Parrain

Is another translation of this: Il a abattu le parrain? My French dictionary gives the definition of abattre as `to shoot down ` or `to kill` Is there a nuance?

Asked 4 years ago

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Josephine G.B2Kwiziq community member

Sacre Charlemagne

J'ai vu recemment la chanson avec video 'Sacre Charlemagne' sur YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH-a22xge-c (1964). Ca me semblait une chanson charmante mais aussi un peu bizarre!

(Desole, mon ordinateur ne fait pas les accents)

Asked 3 years ago

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Virginia Y.B2Kwiziq community member

Capitalization of Francaise

Why is Francaise docteur capitalized, but astronome francaise is not?

Asked 4 years ago

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Patricia F.C1Kwiziq community member

color adjectives sometimes singular sometimes plural

Why are the color adjectives for the flowers singular but not for the lilies?

Asked 5 years ago