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Beverley H.C1KwizIQ community member

sur la plage arriere: Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ?

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Amanda B.C1KwizIQ community member

Qu'est-ce qui and Quel

I am really struggling to understand the difference between these as they are both used when there is a choice as What/Which. I have read the lessons on these over and over but still consistently getting answers wrong. I was wondering if someone could explain as simply as possible please!

Many thanks

Amanda

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Robert S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Sorry for the typo in the above

Again, One of your examples under the heading -

la moitié de [quelque chose] = half -the- [something]

was “Il ne mange qu'une moitié du biscuit.”

Can you clarify, then, why response “Tu as bu une moitié de la bouteille.” was marked incorrect and the suggested correct response was “la moitié de” ?

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Ron F.C1KwizIQ community member

Is there going to be an in depth lesson on the prepositions “de” “a” or no preposition?

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Ian L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is "Qu'est-ce que c'est qui sent mauvais" incorrect?

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Gwen S.B2KwizIQ community member

confusion

ahah, I see that a lot of people are having some trouble understanding the difference, as well as i.

I went a bit more simple, here are the sentences I'm confused with:

j'ai encore écris lui, mon prof codagej'ai de la chance parce que il a [le répondu]/[répondu lui] il y a deux jour

in the first sentence, I understand that I have to use indirect pronouns as I'm writing *to* [person]. However, this makes it kind of similar in the second sentence as he responded *to* it, but it can be easily confused with lui as I've already mentioned someone with the same type of subject? I'm just confused overall aaaa.

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Michael P.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Help me understand when, "be" in subjunctive, which auxiliary verb to choose-Avoir or ÊtreI initially wrote my answer with avoir...."n'y ait"....But because I see "be", I stop and question which auxiliary verb to use.I changed my answer to use être.... "n'y soit"....Please help me understand how to determine which auxiliary verb to use.Here was the test question...Nous avons ouvert les fenêtres de peur qu'il ________ une fuite de gaz.We opened the windows out of fear there might be a gas leak.

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M. W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Noun complements

I'm trying to get to grips with noun complements as well as the content of this lesson. Both involve de and d' and maybe des (I am confused!) Can you suggest other lessons that could help with this thorny subject please.

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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

'I lie down in the sun.' I wrote: Je me couche sous le soleil', is it correct?

Another question:

For 'I have long wavy hair', can I write also 'J'ai les longs cheveux ondulés'?

Thanks.

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Anne C.C1KwizIQ community member

strange translation"Nous ________ qu'il ne change d'avis. We fear that he would change his mind. HINT: Conjugate ''craindre'' (to fear) in Le Présent.

Question: why does this mean "we fear that he would change his mind" ? Is it the ne-que=only? that he changes his mind?