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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

vérifier in the subjunctive

Hi, should “et il faudra que vous vérifiez leurs conditions” in fact be “et il faudra que vous vérifiiez leurs conditions” as vérifier is in the subjunctive?

Asked 1 year ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Partie intégrante de nos vies vs des recoins unexplored de leur imagination.

Hi,

Can anyone explain why sometimes in these types of phrases plural is used 'nos vies' or sometimes it is expressed in the singular ' leur imagination'

Is it optional or is there a rule governing this?

Thanks

Asked 1 year ago

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E. M.A2Kwiziq community member

Quiz is faulty

Je donne les correct réponses mais l’ordinateur ne les accepte pas. C’est une problème ici.

Asked 1 year ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question about punctuation In the first sentence, Bonjour is part of the sentence. In the second sentence, we have Bienvenue as a stand alone and not part of "Nous avons..." If the person had replied Bonjour instead of Bienvenu, would Bonjour be included in the second sentence, i.e. Bonjour, nous avons... ? Similarly, the last sentence includes bonne visite. How does one know when to include these sort of expressions in the sentence or to have them stand alone ?

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Kelly D.A1Kwiziq community member

Avoir vs etre

But when is it Avoir vs Etre? I cant seem to learn the rule for this

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement of the adjective, palpitant

In the phrase, "Bonjour Lucile, nous assistons en direct à un début de course palpitant...", 'palpitant' seems to agree with 'début' instead of 'course'. I would think that the course is thrilling rather than its début. Is it because le début de course is a compound noun and, if so, the agreement would always be with the principle part, in this case début ?

Asked 1 year ago

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Lee B.A1Kwiziq community member

- Sophie, c'est quoi, ton sport préféré ?

The "c'est" audio really really sounds it begins with "F"!

Also the method you have chosen to overwrite/highlight the mistakes in the users submission makes it really difficult to see the mistakes! I think it would be better move the comparison from behind the tooltip and just display it on the page, and use underlines, insertion of missing letters etc. with a different colour, this will make it easier to read and compare.

Asked 1 year ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Il n'y a nulle part où je préférerais être. There is nowhere where I would rather be.

Just to make the point that in UK English, it’s commoner to say "nowhere I’d rather be" or "nowhere that I’d rather be" - this avoids the where-where sound but also makes it harder to remember we need nulle part où rather than nulle part que.

Asked 1 year ago

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Sunil K.A1Kwiziq community member

Vieux vs viele Ce monument est très vieux aujourd'hui.

Why did you use vieux here even it is proceeded by a vowel word ,"aujourd'hui.it must be vieil accordingly.

Asked 11 months ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

On-screen withdrawal options

I note the possible answers were "Retirer de l’argent / Retrait d’argent / Retrait d’espèces". I do realise retirer is a verb and retrait a noun, but wonder why the change to d’ after retrait? (rather than de l’argent, des espèces)

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