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Nev D.B2Kwiziq community member

"I only have a book" vs "I only have one book"Hi, I'm wondering about the difference between "I only have a book" and "I only have one book", which mean distinct things. It seemed to me that "Je n'ai qu'un livre" would be the former when I encountered it first. Is there anything that would differentiate the two English sentences? (No biggie, just wondering.)

Asked 8 years ago

Ann R.B2Kwiziq community member

Why does the past participle of the reflexive se faire not agree in this case?

Asked 9 years ago

Leah R.A0Kwiziq community member

J'ai soixante-un ans.

Asked 10 years ago

Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Different meaning between the verbs, approcher and rapprocherThe dictionary meaning shows both of these verbs as meaning "to move closer together." Is it correct that approcher applies to moving closer between 2 physical locations, and rapprocher applies to personal relationships with other people, as is the case in this exercise?

Asked 5 years ago

Nay F.A1Kwiziq community member

using arriver à with a pronoun works how? hey there, how would you use this in a phrase in order to say i managed to produce qqc serait-il j'arrive à produire qqc ? i tried to use it in this phrase and was told it was mal conjugué... the org

Asked 8 years ago

Andre H.C1Kwiziq community member

How to express why something happened

Asked 10 years ago

Conrad P.A1Kwiziq community member

Hi,

I was wondering if somebody could explain to me please when one should use 'Y' vs using 'En'.
For example, in trying to say "She thinks of it" - could it not be "elle y pense" or "elle en pense"?
Is it just determined by the context? Ie if the sentence before used De use En or if it used A use Y?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Asked 6 years ago

harris d.C1Kwiziq community member

"should" vs "would have to"Hi, from what I gather from this lesson, basically "je devrais" should mean "I would have to", which essentially turns into "I should". Is this correct? So "Je devrais apprendre l'anglais" could mean "I would have to learn English" or "I should learn English" depending on the context, correct? thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is "and the accordion used to touch her chin" translated as "et l'accordéon lui touchait le menton" and not as "et l'accordéon la touchait le menton"?

When toucher is used with a noun as an object the pronoun is "la", e.g. "it touches Marie" is "ça touche Marie" and "it touches her" is "ça la touche" so why is "lui" correct in the case above? It seems to imply that the verb was "toucher à".

Asked 7 years ago

Nicholas D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Tu fais confiance à moi" is wrong? How so?

Asked 9 years ago

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