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Daniel G.C1Kwiziq community member

I'll probably (or at least hopefully) discover the answer to this 10 minutes from now, but in the meantime, why isn't the "ne explicative" used here?

Asked 7 years ago

Raghad B.A2Kwiziq community member

what is the difference between using votre and ton. For example why in " Les filles aiment ________ yeux." I should use tes why cant I use vos

Asked 7 years ago

Terry W.C1Kwiziq community member

Don't scare me like that! Is that.. Ne fais pas peur a moi comme ça !

Asked 7 years ago

Anthony F.C1Kwiziq community member

remerciement à Aurélie

Je veux simplement remercier Aurélie pour vos lessons superbes et commenter que ma mère, Marcelle Eudes a quitté Le Havre en 1936 pour étudier l'anglais à l'université de Southampton et elle aussi a resté en Angleterre (à part les années de la guerre où elle est retournée au Havre jusqu'à la fin du bombardement) pendent toute sa vie jusqu'à 93 ans. Elle aurait eu 100 ans cette année. C'était toujours vers maman que nous avons dirigé nos questions concernant la grammaire soit en français soit en anglais! Merci à vous brillantes enseignantes! Anthony Ford-Jones (Canada)

Asked 7 years ago

Katie S.A1Kwiziq community member

Sometimes the "t" of "est" is pronounced and sometimes it isn't. Can we choose whether to liaise or not when using this phrase?

Asked 7 years ago

Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Manquer de + human attrbute ? To lack a human attrubute ?

I think what I'm about to ask is not possible with manquer de + thing, and I would like to confirm I am correct. Am I correct it is NOT possible to use manquer de + human attribute ?

Examples

I lack your warmth (in the emotional sense). Je manque de ton chaleur.

I lack your humour. Je manque de ton humour.

I have been told this doesn't really work in French, and I would be better off using avoir.

e.g Je n'ai pas ton chaleur. Je n'ai pas ton humour.

Any comments appreciated.

Paul.

Asked 7 years ago

S. S.A1Kwiziq community member

Is the negative inversion for , or ?

Asked 7 years ago

Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mettrais or se mettraisI just did an exercise "my ideal day." I was asked to put into French "I would put on my favorite dress." I wrote "Je me mettrais ma robe preferee." (missing accents) The correction was "Je mettrais ma robe preferee." Shouldn't "put on" be a reflexive verb? I put it on myself.

Asked 7 years ago

Carole G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

faire exprès deIn one of the quizzes, the sentence is "Il fait exprès de tomber. / He falls on purpose. Why is it not "de SE tomber?"

Asked 7 years ago

Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the sentence ‘when we arrived in the changing rooms’ the verb ‘arrived’ is conjugated in the imperfait and not passé ci

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