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John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Strange verb formation following negationTHis sentence seems quite strange: "Je ne pense pas pouvoir payer mes nouvelles échéances." Two infinitif verbs following the negation 'pas', implying "ability to pay", followed by "my new new deadlines"

At a minimum, it seems like there should be a conjunction or a que to better structure the sentence.

Anyway, can someone translate/explain this sentence?

Asked 3 years ago

Deborah M.B2Kwiziq community member

Question re answerCelui qui est arrivé en premier est ________ que la dernière fois. The one who arrived first is the same as last time.le mêmela même

And this one answer was Le même ???

Asked 3 years ago

S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Fly in the ointment

I used the word bémol for that. Why would it of 'hic' be considered wrong. There are several ways of saying one thing.

Asked 2 years ago

Ishana JeyaPrabahar T.Kwiziq community member

What is the present, past, future conjugation for ir, er, re verbs (+ avoir)

Asked 3 years ago

Vimal R.C1Kwiziq community member

Puis les adultes allaient faire du ski pendant

Si "to go ski" est "faire du ski", pourquoi "would go skiing" n'est pas "faisaient du ski"?

Asked 2 years ago

CélineKwiziq Native French Teacher

Huy asked: "soit du café soit du thé - Café and thé are drinks so uncountable. The partitive articles should be used here"

Asked 2 years ago

Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't understand the construction of " j'avais des démangeaisons ". What is the role of "des"? It looks like a preposition between an auxiliary verb and a main verb. Or is "démangeaisons " a noun? It certainly looks like a verb. Thanks for any help.

Asked 2 years ago

Jonas F.C1Kwiziq community member

Alternative phrasing

Instead of "après avoir couché le bébé", could I also say "après de coucher le bébé"?

Asked 1 year ago

Andrea W.B1Kwiziq community member

Une piste aussi?

Peut-on dire aussi "piste"? Quelle est la différence entre les deux?

Asked 1 year ago

Paul L.B1Kwiziq community member

How to use le/la and y to refer to something previous talked about (to mean it)

Can you help me to understand when to use use y ane le/la to refer to something that has been talked about before, for example

1) Tu as vu ma message ?, tu y as répondu ?

2) Je pense d'aller à Paris, tu le penses ?

Asked 1 year ago

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