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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Some of these sentences are a bit silly as in order to know whether a particular sentence requires a direct or an indirect object pronoun, I need to s

Some of these sentences are a bit silly as in order to know whether a particular sentence requires a direct or an indirect object pronoun, I need to see more of the sentence. I'm getting marked down for things I can't see until the next slide.

Asked 5 years ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Position of adverbsThe question was "Nous ________ beaucoup de vin samedi dernier. We drank a lot of wine last Saturday.(HINT: Conjugate ''boire'' (to drink) in Le Passé Composé)"
While I am aware this question relates to the compound verb, I am unclear about why the "beaucoup" is not between the auxiliary and past participle as per this lesson? Can you advise?

Asked 4 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ben will sit at that desk until after he's finished his homework." ?

Why is 'Ben will sit' translated as 'restera assi' rather than 's'assiera' ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Vimal R.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of Pourriez-vous ...

In this exercise, "rr" of Pourriez-vous sounds silent but in the lesson (Conjugate pouvoir in the conditional present in French = could (Le Conditionnel Présent)), for the same Pourriez-vous, I can make out clearly she's enunciating it. Is it just that I can't hear the "rr" in this exercise as clearly as the other one?

Asked 2 years ago

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Earl T.C1Kwiziq community member

J'ai travaillé -- still working, shouldn't it be present tense with depuis?

In this story, the writer is still waiting the response from the interviewers, thus I would assume he is still working. Hence shouldn't we use Je travaille tellement dur depuis quelques années ? I assume he is still working hard.... :)

Asked 3 years ago

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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why no Report Problem button?

In the second-to-last sentence in this dialogue, the character doesn't change back to the customers' voice (the last 3 sentences are all in the waiters' voice). It sounds like the waiter is asking himself if the restaurant has sparkling water. I know this is a help desk issue, but I suggest a Report Problem button be included in these lessons like the regular lessons have in order to report these glitches more easily.

Asked 3 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

passe compose vs imparfaitApparently a lot of people are having problems with these two tenses in this exercise. Even experts (C1) differ in opinion. Maybe there is no absolutely correct usage.

Asked 4 years ago

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Родион Р.A0Kwiziq community member

The best French app for learning Grammar by my opinion

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Asked 3 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor