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Archana J.C1KwizIQ community member

des éclaircissements

I used

1) 'récompensant' for 'gratifiant'

Also

2)'ausculter' for 'diagonistique'

3)pour sept ans instead of 'pendant sept ans'

Please let me know if its right

Merci

P.J

is diagnostiquer an er verb?

Asked 3 years ago

Max K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

L'un doesn't sound like good French

Il a vu ________ de ses amis, mais pas l'autre.He saw one of his friends, but not the other.
The answer calls for

Asked 3 years ago

John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The place of subject pronouns

Why is 'Daphné apprend-elle le français' correct while 'Daphné apprend-t-elle le français' is marked wrong. All the examples in the lesson add 't' when the verb does'nt elide.

Asked 3 years ago

Anne D.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Opposite pattern

Sorry to rehash this, but I find "follows the opposite pattern" confusing, as it really only applies to the use of avoir + demeuré, which is an intransitive use. Surely être demeuré remains (!) intransitive too, as it’s a state-of-being verb with no object?

Asked 4 years ago

Simon M.B1KwizIQ community member

I have never saw the use of bicross before, but always VTT (vélo tout terrain). Is this a difference between written and spoken language or is it used along eachother?

Thanks in advance

Asked 3 years ago

John W.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Forming adverbs from adjectives ending in a vowel

For the adjective for beautiful,masc beau,and fem belle,given the guidance in the study notes the adverb is formed from the masc which ends in a vowel ( beau) ,so I assume it's beaucoup. Any more common adjectives which don't add -ment to the masculine adjective?

Asked 1 year ago

Catherine W.C1KwizIQ community member

Quel est un clafoutis? Je ne connais pas ce dessert.

Asked 2 years ago

Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Minor error in titleHi, the title is “Around the world on motorcycle”, but we’d never say it this way. We’d generally use either “Around the world on a motorcycle” or “Around the world by motorcycle”.

Asked 4 years ago

Benedict O.A2KwizIQ community member

Ça nous change (qu’il y a une semaine)

Hello I have difficulty understanding this phrase from a podcast. Does it mean it changed a week ago?

Asked 3 years ago

Shoji M.C1KwizIQ community member

"sortir" - it has both verb intransitive and transitive - can we use 2 voiced for "to be released/published" ?Le nouveau James Bond est sorti la semaine dernière.The new James Bond was released last week.
On peut aussi exprimer la même chose ("...was released last week") avec la voix passive ?: "Le nouveau James Bond a été sorti semaine dernière"

Asked 3 years ago

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