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PaulineB1Kwiziq community member

How do you tell whether vous is singular or plural ?

An example gave "vous vous etes bien amuses?"

Whereas the correct answer in the quick Test was "Vous vous etes cache"

example showing vous is plural

test question showing vous is singular

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PaulineB1Kwiziq community member

How do tell whether vous is singular or plural?

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KatrinaA2Kwiziq community member

Vous me ré pelez de sortir la poubelle is in the present. In English remind is only used in the past or future. For example remind me to take out thebin or you reminded me to take out the bin. There is no present tense. How does this work in french?

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BarbaraC1Kwiziq community member

Can the verb following "depuis que" be in the present tense? All examples are in passe composé, but you say "depuis que" is followed by the indicative. Could this be the indicative present?

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AlexA0Kwiziq community member

tu les as vus"tu les as vus" cant it also be as tu les vus

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MelanieA0Kwiziq community member

How will I know when "the" can be replaced with "au". Finding this a bit confusing.

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CrystalMaidenC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" Soudain " Why not " soudainement "?

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DeAnnaC1Kwiziq community member

Agreement with Qui as a relative pronounIn the sentence, "C'est moi qui parle au prof '', does the verb agree with qui (usually 3rd person singular) or with what ''qui '' represents? Ex: Ce sont nous qui parle au prof .... ou .... Ce sont nous qui parlent au prof .... ?

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PaulC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prescriptive versus descriptive EnglishI read the Q&A for this lesson on collective nouns and the discussion at https://french.kwiziq.com/is-this-english-correct and I see where Kwiziq is coming from. However, it would clearer for many Engliish speakers if you left out the "how it is in English" versus "how it is in French" comparisons. There are too many interpretations of collective nouns in different forms of English, and many of us haven't learnt the English prescriptions, so we are probably making frequent mistakes in English. In other words, just give teach the French grammar.

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Theresa-MarieC1Kwiziq community member

(question continued) end with: ... je t'ai vu."? N'est pas?

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