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Barbara A.C1Kwiziq community member

Am not understanding when to use passe' simple

Asked 9 years ago

Jayne M.C1Kwiziq community member

I just dont get the difference between de...à ..and.de..du...they e both used in between dates?

Asked 9 years ago

M. I.A2Kwiziq community member

Why not passé composé or plus que parfait?OK. Alors j'ai toujours des problems avec l'imparfait. Pourquoi est-ce qu'on ne doit pas utilise le passé composé avec : "Tu parlais de Jean, ce matin." "Ce matin" n'est pas une temps spécifique? L'autre example que me pose des problems c'est "Elle courait quand le bus arriva." Ça n'est pas un example d'une action interrompu? Alors il faudra utiliser le plus que parfait, non?

Asked 9 years ago

yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ai-je assez d'argent ? Not why?Inverted form of question. Is it for the purpose of pronunciation?

Asked 9 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Graham asked: "Il doit y avoir la lettre s à la terminaison du mot retourné? vous êtes retournés "

Asked 9 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Susan suggested a great mnemonic not to mix up être and faire in the passé simple :"faire has an "i," être does not, so the passé simple of faire would have an "i," and the passé simple of être would not. It's a bit simplistic, but it helped me keep the two verbs straight until I didn't have to think about which was which any more."

Asked 9 years ago

Boon Hong T.A1Kwiziq community member

what about cities? J'aime la paris. or J'aime paris

Asked 9 years ago

Kathy h.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pas mal de ...Bonjour, I've heard that one can use "pas mal de ..." to indicate "quite a lot", and I just want to confirm this is correct. For example: "Il y avait pas mal de monde à la fête". Merci ! Kathy

Asked 9 years ago

Stella D.A1Kwiziq community member

Quel age avez vous?

Asked 9 years ago

sheila h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

au sous-sol.I understand that we use être w hen certain verbs are followed by a preposition but isn't 'au' as in 'J'ai descendu les boîtes au sous-sol.', a preposition or have I got that wrong - again!

Asked 9 years ago

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