And of course the poor old “domestique”. Don’t forget them! They make up an important part of the “coureur cyclistes” in the Tour and do lots of the tough work for their more glamorous team-mates but don’t get any of the glory. Thanks for the list. Enjoying watching highlights each evening here in Australia.

Asked 2 years ago

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Ian R.B1Kwiziq community member

Passe compose or imparfait?

"We listened to the water".

I would have considered that a past imperfect ie, "Nous ecoutions les bruits de l'eau" because you can't listen to water at a specific moment in time - it's a continuous action in the past. "Nous avons ecoute les bruits de l'eau" isn't appropriate.

We got splashed with water would be passe compose but not a continuous event of listening to the water?

Suggestions please....

Asked 3 years ago

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Leo C.A0Kwiziq community member

With or without C'est que

Why people says Qu'est-ce que c'est que + [something] if Qu'est-ce que + [something] means the same?

Asked 3 years ago

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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member

pourquoi "lui' et pas "y"?

la fin de la deuxième phrase - les termes que le Chancelier allemand Adolf Hitler LUI imposerait.

"LUI" parce que les termes seraient imposés au maréchal Pétain. ou

"Y" parce que les termes seraient imposés à la France. (...la France accepterait les termes que le Chancelier allemand Adolf Hitler y imposerait.)

Asked 3 years ago

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Laura C.C1Kwiziq community member

Appelle-les v. parlez-leur

Salut

On dit " parlez-leur" Pourquoi pas "appellez-les" ?

Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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Rob H.B1Kwiziq community member

Vivante for lively?

For the sentence "In this beautiful and lively city," I answered "Dans cette belle ville vivante," which was not accepted. Can you explain why as elsewhere it seems to be an accepted translation?

Asked 1 year ago

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James S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Difficult for me

Hello,

I just started B2 and I had a hard time understanding a lot of this. I'm wondering if I should go back to a B1 level for awhile. Please let me know whether this is normal.

Thank you

Asked 3 years ago

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