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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Capitalisation in dialogue

I kept getting corrected for using a capital letter after the "-" at the start of a line of dialogue. But it was frustratingly inconsistent—later I would get corrected for not using one. And the final text is displayed with capital letters in all cases. What's going on/what's the rule?

Asked 2 years ago

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Stephen B.B2Kwiziq community member

‘Used to’ and “avoir l’habitude”

Sarah ne faisait pas confiance à Thomas.

Sarah didn't use to trust Thomas. In French can you really express the idea of “used to” (do something) just by using the past imperfect tense (as here)? Or does it need “avoir l’habitude de …” ? Is there a difference in meaning in French? Merci

Asked 2 years ago

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Jerry C.B2Kwiziq community member

Chez vs à la

Why not 'chez la tante' rather than 'à la tante'? I thought for a person it should be chez?

Asked 3 years ago

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e. s.C1Kwiziq community member

Canal du Midi

Why is it the Canal du Midi and not the Canal de Midi, given that Midi describes the Canal and not the Midi is possessive of the Canal.

Asked 3 years ago

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Raman deep K.A0Kwiziq community member

how to differentiate de and des, au and aux and vert and verts in listening as their pronunciation is same.

Asked 1 year ago

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Adelaida L.C1Kwiziq community member

Great use of contemporary language

Merci, j'ai aimé le nouveau vocabulaire.

alors, est-ce que "faire un carton", "se défouler" "bluffant" et "mal en point" sont des expressions assez courantes maintenant?

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of subjunctive

In the sentence, "Pour moi, le pire, c'est le fait que le gouvernement ait contourné le processus démocratique en empêchant l'Assemblée Nationale de voter pour ou contre cette loi.", why is the subjunctive used? Is it simply a variation of "C'est important que..."? I had not seen this usage before. Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

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Annich M.B2Kwiziq community member

answer given - la mien - how can this be? Je vois ton sac, mais où est ________ ? I see your bag, but where is mine? la mien

Surely it is le mien? Please explain

Asked 3 years ago

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Shian D.A0Kwiziq community member

Can you use en for the preposition of Michigan?

Can you use en when saying “J’habite à/au/dans Michigan? I got stumped because of a post saying you can use en, although I though this is when it’s feminine…

Asked 2 years ago

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

c'est un ange

Salut,

pourquoi on dit "C'est un ange !" quand on parle de la fillette ?

la fillette = elle, n'est-ce pas?

Merci.

Asked 2 years ago

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