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Jill J.C1Kwiziq community member

Button not workingI've revisted this quiz several times and each time I try to click on the "next" button nothing happens. All of the rest of my quizes are fine.

Asked 6 years ago

Maddie D.A1Kwiziq community member

D'animaux vs DES animauxWhy is it "Elle n'aime pas d'animaux" rather than "Elle n'aime pas DES animaux"? I didn't think that it mattered if the noun started with a vowel when it was plural; it would alway become "des" and the 's' would be pronounced in front of the vowel sound.

Asked 6 years ago

Hugh O.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement of Participle with Indirect Object

Whoops, my question was posted incomplete.

As I was saying (!), in the examples there is agreement between the indirect object and the participle:

La télé? Oui, Marc l'a regardée

Ces épisodes? Il les avait déjà vus

If this is the case, then shouldn't 'Tu lui as parlé' translate as 'You talked to him', BUT 'Tu lui as parlée translate as 'You talked to her'?

Asked 6 years ago

Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A more basic question:In the example "Ils attendent son arrivée d'une minute à l'autre" would the wording be different if the person awaited is female?

Asked 6 years ago

Brian B.B1Kwiziq community member

It looks like there's a problem in the third box (second green one). The text makes no sense.This doesn't make sense and it doesn't include any example!
"In order to turn a sentence from active to passive voice, the tense of the auxiliary be must be the Saami have the tense of the verb hand of the active sentence.
For example:"

Asked 6 years ago

Frank S.C1Kwiziq community member

it seems someone would give "plusieurs" fleurs but there would be "de nombreuses" fleurs in a field.

Asked 6 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can you use eut/fut instead of avait, is that wrong?I know it's only gonna be right for literary writing and storytelling, but still. You can do that instead of the pluperfect in writing, right?

Asked 6 years ago

Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Please if you can help me out to understand where to put de+infinitive. I am so confused.

Par example- laissez-moi de penser pourquoi de ici ?

C’est mon rêve de travailler à l’étranger. Why I putted de here I can simply write c’est mon rêve travailler.

Et je sais que je dois pratiquer. Why here it’s not de after pratiquer?

Please if you can share me the lesson of this I have tried to search a lot but I am not able to understand properly where to put de+infinitive and where not.

Thank You :)

Asked 6 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Do I always have to use " en silence " instead of " silencieusement " ?

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

aller à and aller bien àCan you please explain when to use bien. In the examples where bien is used it is sometimes translated as "really" and sometimes ignored in the translation.

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