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Kevin E.B2Kwiziq community member

verb endings when using être in the passé composéWhy not plural i.e. with an 's' when we are talking about 'we'?Nous ________ les cheveux. We brushed our hair(HINT: Conjugate "se brosser" (to brush) in the compound past (Passé Composé))nous sommes brossénous sommes brossés

Asked 2 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Saturday vs. the day

If I recall, the English is "We'll spend Saturday in the old town..." The translation for Saturday is la journée instead of samedi. Why is samedi not accepted? It seems like an oversight.

Asked 3 years ago

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homard j.B1Kwiziq community member

Translation of listening exercises

Are there translations (French into English) available for the listening/dictation exercises? Where would I find them? I use this to test/practice my listen comprehension as well.

Asked 3 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 3 years ago

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P. J. K.C1Kwiziq community member

prononciation de j'arrivai et j'arrivais - transcription phonvtique
J'arrivai [ʒaʁive] et J'arrivais [ʒaʁivɛ] Ci-dessus: "The tricky part here is that the je form (j'arrivai) has the same pronunciation as the L'imparfait indicatif form J'arrivais. Mais on nous a appris à l'école que c'était:

Asked 2 years ago

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Vimal R.C1Kwiziq community member

tu peux choisir un nettoyage ponctuel ou régulier - Why ou and not et?

That would literally translate to “chose a service punctual or regular.” Why isn’t instead “ponctuel et régulier?”

Asked 2 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 2 years ago

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When do you add "faire" in referring back to previous ideas?

I understand the grammar in this example...

Est-ce que tu sais marcher sur les mains ? - Non, je ne sais pas le faire.Do you know how to walk on your hands ? - No, I don't [know how to do that].But the lesson goes on to say...Note that in many such cases, you add the neutral verb faire to refer to an action.
It would be good to have a bit more guidance on which cases require the addition of faire. Is it compulsory in some cases? Is there a rule?

Asked 3 years ago

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Marie C.C1Kwiziq community member

I’m sorry. After 2 weeks of getting these wrong, I am just not getting this.

In my last test the answer was ‘le jour de Pâques‘. I got it wrong. Now the answer is ‘à la Sainte-Catherine‘. I got it wrong. Next the answer is ‘à Noël’. I got it wrong. Could you put all the rules on one page please, so I can see the pattern? Thanks.

Asked 4 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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