Je pense que cette conversation aurait été plus interessante et utile si une des personnes avait présenté la position du gouvernement d’en manière cool et rationale. On s’attend à cela au niveau C1. Pour moi au Canada, je n’ai pas fait mon retraite jusqu’au âge 66, et j’ai trouvé quitter mon travail plutôt dur parce que mon salaire à temps plein c’est bien, et le travail est un forme de vie sociale. En général, la vie ne devient pas moins cher. Est-ce qu’il possible que les autres pays développés aient un âge de la retraite plus élevé que France pour une raison ?

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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why c'est, not elle est ?

"C'est une petite lampe de bureau en forme de phare breton. "

"C'est très joli ! "

I am reading

"C'est" vs "Il/Elle est" to say it is/she is/he is in French

Based on that, I am thinking this: we have a specific item here, not a general subject like "La science",

so we can't use 2a - c'est for general, unspecific statements and opinions

so why isn't it using : 2b "il est/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things"

= Elle est très jolie.

Thanks Paul.

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Two answers correct, but only one given

My comment is similar to Elizabeth's, so I hope your response will also be similar.

My answer to...

À ce moment-là, les étoiles ________ dans le ciel.

was "sont apparus". This is wrong because I didn't know that étoiles is feminine. But the only correction given was "ont apparu".

Asked 3 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Last time he came, he didn’t behave himself.

I continually get tripped up with this. I interpret the statement as being the last (previous) time so I enter ‘la fois dernière’ which is marked as incorrect. If the correct answer is ‘la dernière fois’ what is it about the statement that tells me that it’s the last (final) time?

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reflexive verbs

HI,

I am understanding the usage of the reflexive verbs as well as reciprocal but I had saw something about passive pronominals would that be something for A2 I had seen it somewhere and now I can't seem to find it.

Thanks

Nicole

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Tense shift

Can someone please clarify why the tenses jump from imperfect to present in the final sentence? Thanks!

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John R.A2Kwiziq community member

Immersion in France

Does anyone have any recommendations of how to get a full on immersive french experience in France? I am trying to get ready for DALF C1 exam and want to improve fluency quickly. I am looking for 2–3 weeks in France ideally with 3-4hours of structured learning. Ideally staying with someone who speaks only french. Institute Francais seems to have something but it is very expensive and probably too intense.

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

soif de lecture

I see that the preferred translation for 'my thirst for reading' is 'ma soif de lecture' but I don't see how this relates to article use. She has a thirst for reading in general / the idea of reading. If she had 'an enthusiasm for reading' it would surely be 'un enthousiasme pour la lecture'. What am I missing?

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