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Matthew B.C1Kwiziq community member

Erreur de maths

Le chiffre de 0,274 % n'est pas correct ! La probabilité d'être né un jour donné au cours d'une année normale est de 1/365 = 0,273 %. Or, le 29 février ne se produit que tous les quatre ans. Le calcul correct est donc 1/(365 + 365 + 365 + 366) = 0,068 %.

Asked 1 year ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Wrong name for man

In the introduction to the exercise, the man is called Gabriel. In the actual text, he is Gilles.

Asked 2 years ago

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Nele W.B2Kwiziq community member

conjugation in passé composé"Les pommes ? Anne les a toutes mangées."

Why do you say mangées and not mangé, since it's "Anne a mangé"?

Thanks in advance:)

Asked 3 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

using il/elle est or c'est

Hi,

I was wondering. My friend had asked me a question How is your room? Would I still use elle est since it is specific when i respond to her?

Meric

Nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

faire de lui / en faire

I notice that the preferred translation of 'which makes him the first Frenchman to be in charge of the ISS' is 'ce qui fait de lui le premier Français en charge de la SSI' rather than 'ce qui en fait le premier ...'. All the grammar books I look at say that en can stand for 'de' plus a person - but I can see that in practice 'en fait' for 'makes him' is almost never said in French. Is it just too literary for this kind of phrase?

Asked 1 year ago

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Carol T.C1Kwiziq community member

Vous êtes entré ou vous êtes entrés

Vous êtes entré-pourquoi il n’y a pas un “s” à la fin du mot entré

Asked 1 year ago

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K F.A0Kwiziq community member

why in french do you not write the 10th (10e) for dates?"the 10th of September" ? _____ - i get this wrong every time because i have learned that 1st, 2nd, 3rd,= 1e, 2e, 3e....

So why is it that 1e, 2e, 3e, is only used for ranks / positions and never for dates.. (except 1st/ 1e i think?)

Asked 2 years ago

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Katie K.A2Kwiziq community member

'à qui' or 'qui'

'Mon frère qui habite en France.' I would assume it's wrong to use 'à qui' or 'auquel' in this context, but I don't know why? When is it most suitable to use 'qui'?

Asked 3 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Red Noses

With regard to “avec nos lèvres gercées, notre chair de poule constante et nos nez écarlates !”

As people have one nose each, should this be “… et notre nez écarlate !”?

Asked 2 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

ça vs le

In this sentence - 'Ce n'est pas tant qu'elle n'aime pas ça, mais plutôt qu'elle aime trop ça ' - why is ça preferred over le? Does 'Ce n'est pas tant qu'elle ne l'aime pas, mais plutôt qu'elle l'aime trop' sound wrong to French ears?

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