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Lynne C.C1Kwiziq community member

Why isn't "souffrir" conjugated?"Parce qu'on voit les gens souffrir"

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Lynne C.C1Kwiziq community member

Souffrir

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Rachel B.A1Kwiziq community member

Aren't these pronouns just object pronouns?

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David W.A1Kwiziq community member

Is this becoming obsolete in actual practice, like in English?

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Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne savoirI was reading in the Louis Segond 1910 French Bible and came across this phrase: Or ceux qui vivent selon la chair ne sauraient plaire à Dieu. The English KJV puts this as: So then they that are in the flesh can not please God. I do not understand why using the conditionnel present of savoir along with ne means 'can not'. Is this an idiomatic phrase? Hopefully this question is clear enough to be understood!

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garen k.A2Kwiziq community member

when to use "quel(s), quelle(s) ?

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steven g.A2Kwiziq community member

Well, not a question on this theme exactly, but also about adjectives.

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Trois sixièmes ou un demiI appreciate that exercise is showing how to write fractions. However, do they actually say "trois sixièmes" instead of "un demi" in everyday life?

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The Doll's HouseJe sais que c'est un site d'apprentissage en français, mais "doll house" ne sonne tout simplement pas bien. "Doll house" a probablement ses origines en Amérique. Nous ne dirions jamais "a girl room" au lieu de "a girl’s room". En fait, cela semble pire que leur orthographe "math" et non "maths". L'apostrophe est essentielle, “ the doll’s house”. C'est mon anniversaire dans deux semaines et si vous pouviez remplacer "doll house" par "doll’s house", ce serait le meilleur cadeau d'anniversaire de tour les temps.

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nan b.Kwiziq community member

You said that "French has no present continuous tense" so what about "être en train de"?

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