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Don P.C1Kwiziq community member

Nitpicking correction to the textWhere you write "In order to turn a sentence from active to passive voice, the tense of the auxiliary être must be the same as the tense of the main verb of the active sentence," shouldn't you instead say "the auxiliary VERB" or "the auxiliary VERB ÊTRE/AVOIR", especially since the examples that follow use "avoir" and not "être."

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Dzoan L.B1Kwiziq community member

on nous vs on se?For reflexive verbs, is it always on se or can it be on nous? For example, we talk (to each other) everyday = on se parle tous les jours. Can it be on nous parle?

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Dorothy M.C1Kwiziq community member

L’imparfait ou plus-que-parfait for this Level C1 questionFor the question, “Je ne voulais pas écouter ________ . I didn't want to listen for fear that you'd be lying”. “De peur que tu ne mentes” is given as the correct answer. Why not de peur que tu n’aies menti?

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bonjour kwiziq, Merci pour cette leçon. Les exemples et le vidéo ont été très utiles.

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tony, The rule you are confused about deals with "When referring to the street, road, avenue, or boulevard people live on. " I hope that helps. Rene (not a native French speaker)

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nora f.B2Kwiziq community member

ça vs celui/celle-làIn this lesson why was ça preferred over celui-là? Thanks - Nora

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stephen w.C1Kwiziq community member

BlesserWhen do you "blesser" instead of "faire du mal"

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Jupp S.A0Kwiziq community member

I don‘t really understand when I can use faire or jouer

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Lukas H.C1Kwiziq community member

Les feuilles oranges?In week 81 of the A2 writing challenge, there is a canonical translation "les feuilles rouges, jaunes et oranges". Why does "orange" have the -s suffix? I thought it was a color derived from a real thing and as such, it doesn't change.

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Stephen L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Re: "Laura adore ces bonbons. Tu les as goûtés?""Respectfully submit that the English translation is wrong here...shouldn't it say "Have you tasted them?" (present perfect)...not "Did you taste them?"?

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