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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

knowing the difference

Hi,

I was wondering for for using il or c'est in this sentence. Que penses-tu de mon canape? ____ est tres joli. Since it is a specific item mon canape I would use il est? I was going to use c'est tres cause when you have the verb etre your suppose to use c'est but, in this sentence to me it seems specific so I would use il est in this case. Am i correct?

this is a question in the kwiziq

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Nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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Jean H.C1Kwiziq community member

la prononciation de "la ville

Dans ce texte la prononciation de "la ville" n'est pas de tout claire !

Asked 2 years ago

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michael w.B2Kwiziq community member

Rendez-vous

could you say 'c'est l'heure de mon rendez-vous'

Asked 2 years ago

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Lebohang L.A2Kwiziq community member

Qu'est-ce qu and Qu

What is wrong with the first?

Asked 3 years ago

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Kaleigh O.A1Kwiziq community member

canadien / CanadienI think you have made an error in this example. Je connais un Canadien qui vit de l'autre côté de la rue.I know a Canadian who lives across the street.
You say all along that nationalities as an adjective are spelt all lowercase and not capitalized like in english. However here it is capitalized and even underlined!

...or am i missing something?

Asked 2 years ago

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Wafi Fathurrahman A.B2Kwiziq community member

Relative Prepositions Similarity

In the other lessons, i saw that "De qui" "Qui" "Dont" "Lequel" and "Duquel" are having the same literal meanings in the English translation. Can, you explain this briefly?

Eg. Le garçon à côté de qui tu es assise a de beaux yeux.

Eg. Voici les amis au sujet desquels nous sommes inquiets.

Eg. Le garçon dont tu parles est très gentil.

Eg. La fille derrière qui je suis assis est belle.

All of them means "Whom' may i know why? and all of them seem so complicated while they literally mean the same.

Asked 2 years ago

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Ricardo B.A2Kwiziq community member

Il est bon, refers to the actor or the film. If it is the film, shouldn t it be "c'est bon"?

"Il est bon", refers to the actor or the film? If it is the film, shouldn't it be "c'et bon"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Grammar questions

1 nous avions chaussé nos après-skis: I’m guessing this means they were shod in snow boots, but was curious why après-skis is pluralised with an s on the end - nos après-ski was marked wrong.

2 Les enfants étaient tout excités : I should know, but if the children were girls, would it be tout excitées or does the adjective have to agree with "enfants"? It was a good opportunity to revise the complex rules around "tout" modifying an adjective!

Asked 1 year ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

lui et leur

In the second sentence, the conversation has "lui" although it is hard to distinguish "lui" from "leur" with the speaker's intonation. For the remainder of the conversation, the conversation has "leur" when referring to the recipient(s) of the gift. While I can get the difference after listening for multiple times, I still find it strange that the two are not consistent.

Asked 3 years ago

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Forbasong C.A2Kwiziq community member

Painful throat because of cold or cough

Hi Ted I want to say I have a sore throat in French

Asked 1 year ago

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