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Kevin E.B2Kwiziq community member

conjugating reflexive verbs with être4Nous ________ les cheveux. We brushed our hair(HINT: Conjugate "se brosser" (to brush) in the compound past (Passé Composé))
in the above why is the answer not brossés, nous is plural, they are brushing their teeth?nous sommes brossé

Asked 2 years ago

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Jenk O.B2Kwiziq community member

Je n'avais jamais vu ça, on aurait dit un film d'horreur !

Hello.
The English sentence is: I'd never seen that, it was like in a horror movie!

I must have missed the rule that explains the use of conditional past in French. Can you enlighten me please.

Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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P. C.B2Kwiziq community member

she had to face the facts

About 'face the facts', is it also correct to translate it as ' faire face aux réalités'.

I think 'faire face à ' is a very common expression.

Asked 4 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

''Je n'ai pas mangé de viande depuis dix ans.'' means:

Answer given: I haven’t eaten any meat for ten years. Why wouldn’t the answer simply be “I haven’t eaten meat for ten years”? Thanks in advance for input.

Asked 3 years ago

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James S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Their life or their lives

Hi Kwiziq team,

Why not "their lives" here:

Je fais ce que je peux pour rendre leur(s) vie(s) plus facile tout en leur faisant découvrir notre culture.

Thank you

Asked 2 years ago

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rizz l.A2Kwiziq community member

diffrenciating the verbs

how will i know where to use etre and where to use avoir?

Asked 4 years ago

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Anousha S.B1Kwiziq community member

Why was this marked as incorrect?"Toute notre vie, nous ________ être ensemble. Il y a certaines choses qui ne doivent simplement pas se faire."
All our lives, we'll have wanted to be together. Some things are simply not meant to be.(HINT: Conjugate "vouloir" in Le Futur Antérieur)aurons vouluavions vouluserons voulusaurions voulu

Asked 3 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Expression il y a

Hi as I am learning about this expression I'm trying to find an audio clip with just this expression to practice saying it by itself but, I can not find it.

Thank you

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Rosmarie E.B1Kwiziq community member

When to use Devoir to express to need vs. to must have

I am having a difficult time deciding when devoir is appropriate and when it is not. All the other applications, I am ok with. But if devoir implies "must have" why is a purse a necessity? Why not just Avoir besoin? And why is sleep NOT a necessity (or I may be getting this confused at this point). This is getting to be more of a guessing/memorization thing than an actual understanding thing. I see from the previous posts that this has been discussed ad infinitum so it's not just me. Any easy way to decide when to use devoir and when NOT to use it in this context?

Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why isn't 'a commencé' in imperfect as I thought explaining a story called for it? I get it happened at a fixed point but its a description being told

Asked 5 years ago

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