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a. v.C1Kwiziq community member

depuis and ImparfaitI came across a sentence in a book where "depuis" was used along with the imparfait - can maybe you please confirm if it was used correctly? "Comme je ne faisais pas de bruit depuis un moment, maman est venue voir ce qui se passait." Merci d'avance!

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Jim J.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I have always understood that "en" is used only when the mode of transport is enclosed?

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Michael R.A2Kwiziq community member

Tout, tous, toute, toutes = Everything, all (of them)...Hi - question one of the Kwik Kwiz in the above lesson asks "Il les a tous lus" means... Why is the past participle of lire in the masculine plural? I tried to ask the question on the lesson itself, but the Ask button didn't work. Thanks Michael

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Michael R.A2Kwiziq community member

More emphasis on 'to fit'I think the lesson does not currently explain clearly enough the use of 'Aller à' to mean 'to fit.' It is only mentioned once in passing in the initial explanation, and there is no associated example phrase at that point. In fact, there is only one phrase using it in this sense in the entire lesson, mixed in with nine other phrases in the examples and resources. I didn't get the second correct answer in question two of the Kwik Kwiz, mainly because of the lack focus on this meaning in the lesson. I think a minor tweak would make the lesson more balanced in explaining the different meanings of 'Aller à' Thanks, Michael P.s. I love the whole approach of Progress with Lawless French, and find it really addictive, which must surely be a good thing when learning a language.

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Marilyn C.A2Kwiziq community member

Why isn't "cet" used with singular feminin nouns that begin with a vowel or mute "h"?

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Jose R.C1Kwiziq community member

On peut dire aussi "Je puis", je crois. Mais c'est pas accepté dans les quiz. Pourquoi?

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Andrew F.C1Kwiziq community member

3rd person plural possessive for a plural nounThere was a question on a recent quiz as follows: "Il faut qu'ils obtiennent leur permis de conduire," with English translation something like "They have to get their driving license." The quiz question was about the subjunctive of obtenir (which I got right), but I am just wondering about the use of leur rather than leurs. Translated strictly, I suppose leur is correct, but in both English and French I would have thought "their driving licenses = leurs permis de conduire" would be more accurate, since they each need to have their own license, not a single license among them? Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards.

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Michael R.A2Kwiziq community member

Is " poser un lapin" a french idiomatic phrase meaning "to stand someone up"?

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous avons reçu les invitées hier ou nous avons eu les invitées hier?Quel est la réponse correcte? Je ne pense pas qu'on puisse se servir (utiliser) le verbe avoir dans ce cas. D'habitude, je reçois les invitées, n'est-ce pas?

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