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Anthony F.C1Kwiziq community member

Why isn't "on" (essentially meaning "one") not treated as singular even though meaning implies pluralThese are good mind searching and expanding exercises! I am impressed by the work that goes into their development. If "on" really means "one" why is it not treated as singular even though meaning implies plural. I know it's not good French but "Qu'es-ce qu'on va faire?" implies plural but is treated as singular ie not "vont faire". (I remember my teacher getting really irritated with me when at the age of 9 I insisted that "on" was another way of saying "nous"! Thank you in advance for your help and for curating such a good set of lessons.

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Doubt in a sentence from the lesson

Bonjour Madame,

I have often read about the usage of "Penser à + (quelqu'un)"

But in the sentence from the lesson which reads-

"Nous pensons à faire nos devoirs. Nous y pensons"

Here I think the form "penser de + (quelquechose) should be used as the people are forming an opinion of something(doing their homework)

So consequently the phrase should be replaced by 'en'.

The same thought is for the very next sentence.

Pls guide and verify whether my thought is correct or not.

Merci beaucoup.

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Singular subject pronoun or plural subject pronoun

Ils ________ demeuré à la campagne l'été dernier.They stayed in the countryside last summer.

For me, it is obvious that you should use "avoir" as "demeuré" does not agree in number with "ils". Perhaps if the subject pronoun were singular more care and thought would be required in deciding whether the verb is "être" or "avoir". Just a thought!

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Augusta O.A1Kwiziq community member

Hello why can I say j’habite dans Paris

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tandis que or pendant que

In the C1 writing challenge "A Ghost Story" the partial sentence "While I was pulling weeds" in the context "While I was pulling weeds ... I heard..." was translated "Tandis que j'arrachais les mauvaises herbes". "Alors que" was also suggested but my answer "Pendant que" was not. Why is that?

Larousse (https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/anglais-francais/while/624050) translates "while" as "pendant que" when it refers to a simultaneity of time (e.g. pendant que vous serez à Londres il faut visiter le British Museum), whereas "tandis que" and "alors que" it says are applicable to the case where "while" is used in the sense of "whereas" (e.g. elle est de gauche tandis qu'il est conservateur).

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the green grammar box above,

the way the explanation is written suggests you are talking about more than one pronoun – not just ‘me-moi’. Are there others?

i.e. 2- THEY are placed after the verb………

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Christopher A.C1Kwiziq community member

I was a bit surprised to see that champion is still gendered (championne). In daily speech I almost never hear championne used to refrer to a woman.

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