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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ChuiThis is a good humoured chat between two Lyon friends of mine. Tu l'a dit bouffi !!! , Eh chui pas bouffi. Is chui short for / Lyon-ish for ' I am' Mike

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Susan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

RE the example about the television: the speaker seems to be talking about two specific tv sets, but the comparative chosen is, "mieux." Why would it not be, "meilleur?"

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Mehmet O.A1Kwiziq community member

J'aime bien votre réponses quand on pose une question. Trés instruisant! Merci beaucoup.

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Frère JacquesWhat is the literal translation of Sonnez les Matines. It seems to be an imperative but the translation I found was 'Morning bells are ringing' not ring the morning bells.

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Mysterious StrangerKwiziq community member

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

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

De vs enAre these competely interchangeable for specifying what something is made of or are there pronounciation rules that indicate which one is better for a particular word?

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Gender of "on"In the Kaysersberg listening exercise, part of the transcript reads: FEMME: C'est comme quand on était petit Given that it is a woman speaking, shouldn't it be "petite" or does 'on' somehow default to masculine even when a woman uses it about herself?

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Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Shouldn't "J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques" translate as "I've seen some magnificient places?"Here "des" precedes the noun, not an adjective, and therefore it does not become "de" or "d'" but it is still the partitive indefinite article "some."

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu préfères le chocolat ou la vanille ? - La vanille, c'est bon, mais le chocolat, c'est meilleur !First of all Happy Christmas to you all and many thanks for the hard work and patience the team puts into this question forum. My question is, in the above sentence, is the c'est as apposed to just est necessary, or is it just stylistic?

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Freddi W.A0Kwiziq community member

Tu vien d'o?

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