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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Fier vice fière

Je pense que j'entends "fière" au lieu de "fier", mais je suis un peu sourd. J'ai raison ou non?

Asked 5 years ago

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Leslie S.B2Kwiziq community member

Liaison in the construction of the Conditionel Passe + aller

I listened to the video for this construction (the first video), and it sounds to me like the speaker uses liaison for every person except the 2nd person singular (tu serais aller). Do you know what rule he is following, if there is one? I have to admit, it sounds better to NOT use liaison in that particular case.

Asked 4 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Granddad -> Grandad

Hi, there’s a typo in the hint “HINT: we = Bastien and his granddad”. It should be “grandad”.

Asked 3 years ago

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Barrie S.C1Kwiziq community member

Pluls-que Parfait translates 'had' not 'has'?

In the first sentence of the text - Did you know that the town council [US: city hall] has decided.... etc., the Hint advises ...- "has decided" = Use Le Plus-que-Parfait here.

In the related lesson, the examples show 'had' and not 'has' as being translated using the plus-que-parfait?

Asked 3 years ago

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Derek J.C1Kwiziq community member

Why are we given the clue 'la popularité' for the word 'standardisation' and marked wrong when it is used?

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je veux vs je voudrais

Some advice please on when to use vouloir in the present versus the conditional for "I want". In English, insofar as I know, we don't distinguish between "I want" and "I would like". On second though, perhaps "I want" expresses a slightly stronger desire.

Asked 3 years ago

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

Ce sont des vacances en amoureux

While I got this sentence right, I wonder what the exact English translation is of "des vacances en amoureux"? Is this the same as "lune de miel" ?

Merci !

Asked 4 years ago

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Isa M.A1Kwiziq community member

Courage or Punish?

Although I write the true answer such as "qu'est-ce que....", because of not beginning the sentence without capital letter, it is not accepted as a true answer! The aim of this courses / exercises should not be PUNISH, it should be COURAGE !!!

Asked 5 years ago

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Hamza B.A1Kwiziq community member

Why do we use C'est when talking about a specific pencil case?

For this statement: "Est-ce ta trousse? - Oui, c'est la mienne."

Why are we using "c'est" if it is about a specific item (the pencil case). In the previous lesson, if we know exactly what we're talking about we should use il/elle.

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“Y” in audio, but not in text

I think that the text “Nous ramassions des coquillages” has the audio “Nous y ramassions des coquillages”.

Asked 5 years ago

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