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Stephen B.B2KwizIQ community member

An English issue

Sorry to be off-topic but this is bugging me. In this page is written “ Il fait beau expresses that the weather looks nice”. This does not sound right (to an old, lifelong English speaker like me). “ Il fait beau expresses the feeling that the weather looks nice”, or similar, sounds better. I don’t think one can “express that …”, IMHO. (Otherwise, I am enjoying the course :)

Asked 3 years ago

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N. T.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Futur antérieur mais …This question made me wonder if there was another way of expressing this… almost felt like future plus ?imparfait…’ been claiming….
I cannot see this type of structure in the exercise examples…
Like…HÉ WILL HAVE BEEN EATING ALL DAY

Il ________ le contraire pendant quinze ans. He will have been claiming the contrary for fifteen years.(HINT: Conjugate "prétendre" (to claim) in Le Futur Antérieur)

Asked 3 years ago

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Oleks L.B1KwizIQ community member

EN - LE when DE is present in subordinateOui, l'Administration peut ________ décider car l'égalité homme-femme fait partie des valeurs essentielles de la République.

Why is "le" marked as correct if we have "de" in subordinate clause?
It should be "en"

In another example, given below you say that "en" is correct for a similar case

La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________ respecter les limites.

Asked 2 years ago

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Jack G.C1KwizIQ community member

Cela ne m'avait même pas traversé l'esprit,

Is me a direct object here. I cannot find a definition for 'se traverser'

Asked 3 years ago

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M. P.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is this page all in English?

There seems to be a mistake on this page. Everything is in English!

Asked 3 years ago

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Paul S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

possèderait for conditional of posséder ?

Is this a spelling due to a language reform ? I am not seeing it here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:French_spelling_reforms_of_1990

Both the conjugation tools for WordReference and Reverso only list posséderait as a spelling.

Thanks. Paul.

Asked 3 years ago

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Larry G.A0KwizIQ community member

'Je suis acteur.'' Who is speaking?

Unlike the examples in the explanation materials, THE question /answer is incorrect. The review materials limit the number of people to one actor and one actress (only two people). In the exam question, their is an unknown number of people (could be 100) therefore the person speaking is unknown.

Asked 2 years ago

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Johanna A.A0KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

wow such a nice story

wow this story is so intresting

Asked 4 years ago

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Danielle A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is this a commonly used verb tense?

Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.

Asked 4 years ago

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Omar K.A0KwizIQ community member

provide the correct form of the word quel.
activités culturelles est-ce que vous préférez ?
sport est-ce que vous préférez : le ski ou le ski nautique ?
sont vos projets de vacances pour cette année ?
est votre destination préférée : la campagne ou la montagne ?

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