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J. F.B2KwizIQ community member

Doubt about 'une paire de boules Quiès étaient fournies'

In this sentence why is it not 'était fournie', to agree with 'une paire'?:

une paire de boules Quiès étaient fournies

Asked 5 years ago

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adrienne h.C1KwizIQ community member

order of adjectives

"this classic French dessert" = "ce dessert classique français" and "the melted lemon butter" =" le beurre fondu à citron" How do I know which adjective goes first?

Asked 3 years ago

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Gabrielle F.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Re: "Real Daredevils"

How come, in the final sentence of this exercise, the past subjunctive is not used following "Rien que"? Instead, it was the passé composé.

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The use of 'ses'

In the phrase, "...il faut défendre ses opinions", why do the French use 'ses'? I would have expected 'vos', i.e. it is necessary to defende YOUR opinions. Is it simply the way the French express this allusion to others?

Asked 4 years ago

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Luis S.A2KwizIQ community member

No mention of "beacoup de"

I'm a little confused at the distinction between "beacoup de" and "de nombreux". I used "beacoup de" in an answer and got it wrong, but I believe it was grammatically correct. The answers in the Q&A help a little, but I think it would also help to have this mentioned in the lesson text.

Asked 3 years ago

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Nenad Č.A2KwizIQ community member

Pronounciation, liaison

Why there isn't liaison between ''et elle''? (Claire est assez petite et elle a le taint mat)

Asked 3 years ago

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Paul F.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Une virgule

I'm being very picky with the punctuation here (but then again the little robot is often very picky about my punctuation, especially in the dictations haha). In the first sentence there should be a comma (and not a full-stop) in between "un petit déjeuner différent" and "ce qui peut rendre les matins un peu compliqués". (The corresponding English sentence did have the comma here.)

Asked 4 years ago

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John B.C1KwizIQ community member

Pendant la seconde partie

"In the first half of the week" the acceptable translation is Dans (or durant or pendant) la première moitié though above it says "Durant". However, "In the second half of the week", "Dans" and "moitié are both marked as incorrect with "moitié" is replaced by "partie". Could you please explain the differences as I don't understand them.

Asked 2 years ago

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Lewis S.C1KwizIQ community member

Bon, voici la règle.

I've read all the comments here and in the related links, several times.

It seems the rule be stated as, there's NO gender/number agreement of the participle when there is a direct object following the verb.

Ça vous dit ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Translation of thusIn the translation of thus in the sentence, "Thus, did you know that he was the one who'd popularised the women's tuxedo, which had revolutionised the fashion industry in the 1960s?", the acceptable choices given are 'de fait' and 'ainsi'. I agree with the latter for thus; however, my dictionary translates 'de fait' as 'actually' or 'in fact' and not 'thus'. Perhaps 'in fact' would have been more appropriate than 'thus' in this context.

Asked 2 years ago