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Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of "en" in conversational past

In this lesson the note about the conversational past states that in these cases, the en will be before or after être: formally, it should be before, but in practice, it often ends up after.

Following this advice I put "Nous en nous sommes allés après le dessert.". This was flagged as incorrect, and "Nous nous en sommes allés après le dessert." as being correct.

This seems inconsistent with the note. I see there have been other questions about this topic. To me, "nous en nous sommes" flows off the tongue better than "nous nous en sommes".

Asked 2 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why does cuvees instead of les cuveesWhy "des cuvees", not "les cuvees"

Asked 1 year ago

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Brian D.C1Kwiziq community member

which prepositionJe devine le passé d'une femme à la façon dont elle tient ses cigarettes,...

is translated above as:

I guess a woman's past from the way she holds her cigarettes

I would have translated the French to read "I guess a woman's past by the way she holds her cigarettes.

Asked 2 years ago

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Jules P.A2Kwiziq community member

Meillure - typo in lesson

There is a typo I think in the table of irregular adverbs. Meilleure translates as best, not better.

Asked 3 years ago

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Marcelo N.B2Kwiziq community member

Incomplete lesson?

Why is “You remind him of Audrey Hepburn." ? Translated into “Tu lui rappelles Audrey Hepburn.”

Isn’t it missing an “à” as per lesson guidelines? Shouldn’t it be “Tu rappelles Audrey Hepburn à lui”?

Asked 2 years ago

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Sara W.A1Kwiziq community member

Gender of speakerJe suis nouveau ici.

^ for this sentence, the speaker in the recording is a female voice. Wouldn't it be nouvelle if a woman is speaking?

Asked 2 years ago

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Master M.C1Kwiziq community member

Adding s for nous form

Hello everyone. I was taking a quiz in which I respond like this "nous nous sommes brossés les chevaux" but the site says that it is nearly correct and this version is correct " nous nous sommes brossé les chevaux". And it made me curious because the subject is plural and there is a reflexive verb!!!! Anyone could explain this contradiction?

Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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nancy ackermann C.A0Kwiziq community member

I want to know when to use en and when to use y. The explanations are NOT clear to me. Can someone help?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Missing Word In Audio

At the beginning of the second sentence the word "BASTIEN" is in the text, but it is not in the audio. All of the other sentences have the characters' name in both the text & the audio.

Asked 3 years ago

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Iris H.B1Kwiziq community member

Cuire ou cuisiner

Est-ce que je peux utilizer “cuire” comme “Je cuis une jolie dinde”?

Asked 1 year ago

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