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Charles B.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of "en" to indicate "it" - one of something.I've become comfortable thinking of "en" as "some" or "some of them" as in your example "Il m'en a offert." But it's use as "it" in "Elle leur en a parlé" is throwing me. Why "en" and not "Elle la/le leur a parlé" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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D. K.A2Kwiziq community member

heartache"ATTENTION: The expression "avoir mal au cœur" does NOT mean you're having a heartache or a heart attack, but that you're feeling sick, like you want to throw up." how do you say "my heart hurts" then?

Asked 8 years ago

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Alison C.A1Kwiziq community member

Does Viens mean just as well as Come

Asked 6 years ago

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Sara P.C1Kwiziq community member

verbes du deuxième groupe

Asked 8 years ago

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Paul F.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

LiaisonsIn the pronunciations for this lesson there don”t appear to be any liaisons between the est and the à. For example “c’est à moi” “sont à elles” we can”t hear the letter t. Is it wrong in these cases not to liaise?

Asked 7 years ago

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Susan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is, "d'ici là" idiomatic for, by then?

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Ajit K.B1Kwiziq community member

Ma mère m'a acheté une robe ________. Why neuve and not neuf?

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sue c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Hardly" eg can you swim? answer "hardly" English can respond to a question by saying hardly can it be used in the same way in french. thank you

Asked 8 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mauvais an adverb here?: "Il faisait mauvais hier"

Bonjour,

Mauvais is usually an adjective, but is it being used as an adverb when we say the weather is bad?

e.g. il fait mauvais.

or is it still being an adjective, and is modifying the noun: 'the weather' (replaced here by the pronoun: "it"), please?

Cheryl

Asked 6 years ago

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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

merci de v. merci pour le/la/les,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I answered "merci du" in this question but was marked incorrect when in face the lesson states an equivalence between the two. Please explain.....

5________ cadeau, je l'aime beaucoup.Thank you for the gift, I like it a lot.Merci pour leMerci du

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