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Thekla K.A1Kwiziq community member

We can say " un verre à eau " when we want a glass *for* water not *of* water?

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Pen A.A1Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Indianapolis. The city starts with a vowel, so is it still correct?

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Celine G.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Test my level in FrenchHi, I originally did a test to see what level I am, and would like to do a test again to see if I have progressed, is this possible? I have been working on my French independently to Kwiziq.

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why subjunctive?The subjunctive tens is associated with fear/doubt/uncertainty. So why is it used with "aimer que" ?

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D K.C1Kwiziq community member

Usage of angle brackets in FrenchI have seen words or phrases in in French texts, but I haven't been able to find an explanation of what they are used for. Are they just used for emphasis, or do they mean something else?

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Mohammad S.A2Kwiziq community member

What is the French of "could have" ??

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Stevie C.C1Kwiziq community member

"Systematically"?What does it mean for an action to be "consider[ed to be] systematically in the past"? What does the "systematically" mean in this context?

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Mark A.B1Kwiziq community member

This doesn't quite seem like a reasonable thing to count as a miss:

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sue c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

a commentI found it helpful to know the original usage of the passe simple, which was absorbed into the perfect tense when spoken . It worked alongside the imperfect where the imperfect gave a habit the passe simple was one off. I wish the passe simple would be used more!

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Anne B.A2Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi il n'est pas 'J'ai acheté des nouveaux bowls et des nouvelles assiettes?'

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