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J. H.A2Kwiziq community member

Mistake in presentation.

Plural uncountable noun

les épinardsdes
Tu manges des épinards.
(You eat some spinach.)This explanation is incorrect. There's no such thing as a plural uncountable noun. The very definition of a non-count noun is that it doesn't take a plural inflection. You need to explain this as a difference between what's a count versus non-count noun between the two languages. "Spinach" is non-count in English but countable in French (hence taking "des."

Asked 2 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

À partir de et dès

Est-ce qu'on utilise "À partir du premier jour des vacances..." au lieu de "Dès le premier jour des vacances..." dans ce contexte ? Si non, pourquoi ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Answer in a quiz

I got a question wrong, with more than one fault:

Nous nous sommes brossé les cheveux was given as the correct answer, but isn't "brossés" the correct form of the past participle in this sentence?

Asked 2 years ago

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E. T.B2Kwiziq community member

Why isn't this soudainement?Why isn't this soudainement? "Ils sont soudain apparus dans la cuisine / Ils ont soudain apparu dans la cuisine."

Asked 3 years ago

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V L.C1Kwiziq community member

''Les livres auxquels je pense sont remarquables.'' (bonne réponse dans un quiz)

Salut a tous.

Ma question concerne l'utilisation du pronom "dont" ici. La phrase ci-dessus peut traduire comme soit "The books I think of are remarkable" soit "the books i'm thinking about are remarkable." étant donné que penser peut prendre la préposition 'de', cette dernière formulation permet l'utilisation de "dont", n'est-ce pas ? S'il vous plaît donnez votre avis. Merci en avance.

Vois ici: De qui/dont/duquel = of/about whom, of/about which - with prepositional verbs with "de" (French Relative Pronouns)

Asked 3 years ago

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of "en" with "ni l'un(e) ni l'autre"

In this example, "Il a acheté deux burritos, mais il n'a mangé ni l'un ni l'autre", would it be equally correct to add "en": "Il a acheté deux burritos, mais il n'en a mangé ni l'un ni l'autre"? And why isn't it necessary anyway?

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Hangrawer A.Kwiziq community member

What are the various classes of words for avoir and etre

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Alexandra B.A2Kwiziq community member

favori/favorise/favorisé?

Hello, why is it:

Mon village favori ?

and

Mon village préféré?