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Jessica H.B1Kwiziq community member

What's the difference between devoir and avoir à?

I feel like sometimes I've seen these used in an interchangeable manner (devoir and avoir à). What I told my students was that "devoir" also means "must", so "avoir à" needs to be used in situations where "must" doesn't fit (i.e. "You don't have to go yet." "Tu n'às pas encore à partir."). Is this correct? In what other situations do you need to use one over the other?

Asked 3 years ago

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Belgium is a country, why not "je viens de la Belgique" ?

Asked 4 years ago

Mysterious StrangerKwiziq community member

On a écrit: "Allez, monte dans la voiture!" mais je me demande si cela devrait être "Allez, montez ..."?

Asked 7 years ago

Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Laura, is there a quiz for this?

Asked 8 years ago

Sara P.C1Kwiziq community member

verbes du deuxième groupe

Asked 7 years ago

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you give a reminder/link re: lui vs. elle?I had the question Translate "She misses Jacques". I chose "Jacques elle manque" (wrong) instead of "Jacques lui manque". The lesson states "...or to use pronouns (i.e. I, you, he, we, they... miss), you will use me/te/lui/nous/vous/leur before manquer.". Would it be possible to add a link to the relevant lesson about pronouns at the bottom of the lesson? It would be helpful to reference this, to understand which pronoun to use in this instance. Thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

Meghna J.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le chien aboie bien qu' il n'y ________ personne."Why does this not have être ?

Asked 7 years ago

Ashley D.A0Kwiziq community member

Bonjour! J'habite en Virgine, aux États Unis.

Asked 7 years ago

John B.C1Kwiziq community member

La police/la gendarmerie? a subtle distinction?

Asked 8 years ago

Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne que vs seulementJe trouve que l’utilisation de ‘ne serait que pour les garder en vie’ is unnecessarily complicated given the context of the sentence. My preference would be ‘pour seulement les garder en vie’. But I like your emphasis on the use and position of seulement and que. The vast majority of English speakers position the word ‘only’ incorrectly. It drives me crazy!

Asked 6 years ago

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