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Eileen R.B2KwizIQ community member

La fondue suisse / délicieux

Hello. Why doesn’t délicieux agree with la fondue suisse? I heard the correct pronunciation in the dictation, but I thought I must have been mistaken, so I wrote délicieuse.

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Valerie O.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il est/C’est

Hi. Easy but frustrating question. Why is the sentence “C’est Francois Hollande” and not “Il est Francois Hollande”. In a class and being told the former. But when I state “Il est Paul Martin”, that’s correct. Merci!

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Patrick K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

davantage vs plus

"À l'avenir, je devrai t'écouter davantage."

In the future, I'll have to listen to you more.

Are there any rules around when to use davantage vs plus, or are they interchangeable? Could I have used:

"À l'avenir, je devrai t'écouter plus." ?

Thanks

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xabi a.C1KwizIQ community member

Why 'an old computer' in the following sentence is using 'ancien ordinateur' ?

This was one of the questions that I encountered here.

Sentence:

I gave my old computer to an association.'' ?(HINT: here old as "that I used to own")

It turns out the correct translation is: J'ai donné mon ancien ordinateur...

Why is that?

I think it should be - J'ai donné mon ordinateur ancien...

Since, the adjective after the noun means = old

Can someone explain this to me ?

Asked 1 year ago

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Erica M.C1KwizIQ community member

Sortir de - can't figure this one out

Why isn`t the statement 'Je sors de Narbonne en ce moment-même.' correct? It seems to be one of the special cases where 'sortir de' can be used when leaving a city (only time). According to Wikepedia Narbonne is a town in France. The correct answers used partir and quitter which made sense to me but this 3rd sentence also seemed correct.

Appreciate your comments. Thanks.

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i. l.C1KwizIQ community member

qui ne correspond pas à l'image idéalisée qu'ils s'en étaient faiteI would have expected "ils s'en étaient faits" (reflexive compound verb). I can only assume that the l'image takes precedence over ils s' hence the ending -e is added rather than -s. Is that correct?

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i. l.C1KwizIQ community member

ce n'était pas du tout ce que je m'étais imaginé

not sure why it is not imaginée since it is a lady talking. (reflexive verb, compound tense)

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・SaD T.KwizIQ community member

B. Complete the sentences with the passé composé of the BEST verb from the list in italics below. Use each verb once only. Accents required: é

Tout le monde ______ des notes pendant la leçon d'histoire. C'était ennuyeux.

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pia k.A2KwizIQ community member

qui, que, quels, quelles, quelwhen do I use either qui, qui, quels, ce qui or ce que when saying which? Thank you!

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Laurel L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

punctuation unecessary

I would LOVE to not have points deducted because of punctuation...one can't always tell when listening, especially when a dash is before the phrase. One could read the punctuation after the exercize. Also, I find grading myself a waste of time and wish I could skip it.

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