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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the sentence “Perfect, I tell you !”, I wrote “Parfait, je vous le dis !” thinking that the ‘le’ is required to note ‘the weekend’ but it seems not

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Exprès as an adverb

This lesson is about the expression ‘faire exprès de’ + infinitive. My question is whether the word ‘exprès’ can also be used directly after other verbs to equally mean ‘on purpose’. For example, in the examples above is it possible to say “mon petit frère a cassé exprès ma poupée” and “j’ai renversé exprès mon verre” to mean the same things as “mon petit frère a fait exprès de casser ma poupée” and “j’ai fait exprès de renverser mon verre” ?

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Ronald V.B2Kwiziq community member

Two possible answers?

The question was:

Je décris les gens et je ________ parfaitement.

I describe people and I describe you perfectly.

Since the English "you" could be translated as either "tu" or "vous", the following two answers should be correct:

te décris

vous décrivez

I wrote the second one but was marked as incorrect.

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Murat B.C1Kwiziq community member

asseoir in present continious

It's said "Je suis assis entre Léa et Tim" above.

Firstly; Is there a present continuous form in french?

And why do we use "être" in this sentence?

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Mark S.C1Kwiziq community member

Des vs Quelques

The correct answer to "There are some girls" was Il y a des fille. I had Il y a quelques filles. This was deemed to be wrong. Can someone explain the difference?

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Mary K.C1Kwiziq community member

What does “danser en boîte” mean?

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Márcio A.A2Kwiziq community member

Usage « en »

Salut !

Dans ce cas ci-dessous, l'emploi de « en » ( Il n'en faut ) est-il correct ?

Je cherche une guitare usagée. Il n'en faut pas être de haute qualité, mais qu'il soit en bon état. C'est pour apprendre à jouer.

Dans la dernière phrase « C'est pour apprendre à jouer. » est-il possible d'utiliser « en » « Y » ou « la / l' » pour faire mention à la guitare ? Si oui, est-il mieux de l'ajouter selon l'usage normal ?

Merci !

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R. E.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

request more clarification on idiomatic example phrase

This is a sample sentence from this lesson:

J'ai de plus en plus de mal à me concentrer.

I understand the more and more part. As a student, without the translation, I would not have come up with I'm struggling more and more to focus. I was seeing this as ... I have (more and more) pain myself to concentrate. Is there a lesson on avoir mal a that talks about struggling? If so J'ai de plus en plus de mal avec cette example! :)

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M. W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

My dictionary gives énorme for huge. Is there a particular reason for using immense instead?

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Johanna S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can this be recorder with slower audio? While the speaker may talk that way, she is much too fast to catch all the words and the liaisons

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