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Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Causative construction

On the Lawless French Causative Construction with Objects and Agreement page (https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/faire-causative-2/) there is a cartoon of some kids washing a car with the caption 'Je les fais laver la voiture'. Why is it 'les' and not 'leur'?

Asked 1 year ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Reason for feminine word ending

Hi, in “Curieuse de nature, je m'y étais aventurée !”, is “curieuse” in its feminine form (as opposed to the masculine “curieux”) because the speaker is female? Am I right in thinking that this is not influenced at all by the female word “nature”?

Asked 3 years ago

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Harlan M.C1KwizIQ community member

One quiz example

In one quiz, a sentence reads J'étais comme votre fils, jusqu'à ce qu'un jour, j'aille dans la bibliothèque de mon quartier,et que je me mette à dévorer les romans “Donjons & Dragons”. I filled the blanks correctly because the tips said to use the subjunctive, but I don't understand why the subjunctive is used here. "I was like your son until one day I went to the library ...", something that definitely happened in the past, so I would have written "je suis allé dans la bibliothèque ... et je me suis mis à dévorer ..." I'm also surprised by the second "que" before "je me mette". Can you give me some insight?

Asked 2 years ago

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Glen B.C1KwizIQ community member

How can an always intransive cerb and an always transitive verb be used interchandeably? E.g. Partir/quitter à midi.If ‘Partir’ is always intransitive and ‘Quitter’ is always transitive, how come both ‘partir/quitter à midi’ work here? Thanks to anyone who can clear up my confusion on this. Glen

Asked 3 years ago

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Robert B.C1KwizIQ community member

Double or triple negative?

Why are both of these correct:

"Je n'ai vu Mathieu nulle part." [ne + nulle part]

"Il n'est jamais allé nulle part." [ne + jamais + nulle part]

But not this:

"Je n'ai pas vu Mathieu nulle part." [ne + pas + nulle part]

Asked 3 years ago

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Anna S.A1KwizIQ community member

Faiblit vs FaiblissonsLa lumière des bougies ________ après quelque temps.

In this question, isn't there more than one candle? I chose faiblissons instead of faiblit.

Asked 4 years ago

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Helene R.A2KwizIQ community member

How do you say?

How do you say “Not only…”?

Asked 3 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

“Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.”

In the audio for “Mais la ville essaie de prendre des initiatives écolos.” it sounds to me like a conjugated “prend” (i.e. silent “d”, so sounds like “pren”), instead of the infinitive “prendre”.

Asked 4 years ago

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n. b.C1KwizIQ community member

Le jour d'avant

Can one say "le jour avant" as well ?

Asked 3 years ago

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pamela B.C1KwizIQ community member

Quels sont les verbes qui prennent à et ceux qui prennent de?

Asked 2 years ago

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