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Laine S.B2Kwiziq community member

Am I wrong?On a quiz, I answered the question, "How would you say ''Suzanne hasn't seen him since 2013.'' ?" with "Suzanne ne le voit pas depuis 2013." because, to me it is very clear that it's something on going, and is still true. The answer Kwizbot gave me was that "Suzanne ne l'a pas vu depuis 2013." which would imply that perhaps or perhaps not Suzanne has seen her or him since 2013, since the action in the past is finished.

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Merle D.B2Kwiziq community member

Do you form a liaison between 'pas' and 'encore' (pazzencore)?

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Merle D.B2Kwiziq community member

Why does the second person (tu) lose the 's' in the imperative? Tu t'en vas? / Va-t'en!

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Jim J.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Je sais le faireThe translation according to the lesson is "I can do it" but surely to express "I can do it" is "Je peux le faire"?

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katya s.B1Kwiziq community member

Bonjour, merci pour cette leçon. Elle est très informative.

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Kenneth T.C1Kwiziq community member

Why don't we use the future perfect instead?

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Meaning of :"la voilà à présent": from C1 writing challenge week 34?Searched through the lessons related to this writing challenge, but did not find an explanation for this French: "la voilà à présent", translation of: "But now she's (lending her voice to the new princess Vaiana)". I haven't seen this French phrase before: "la voilà à présent", and I would appreciate reading about it please? C1 writing challenge's Correct answers: Mais la voilà à présent qui prête sa voix à la nouvelle princesse Vaiana or Mais la voilà maintenant, prêtant sa voix à la nouvelle princesse Cheryl

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Jeremy, L.B2Kwiziq community member

Is there a lesson on "avoir" in past conditional?

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

des vs lesIt's Christmas, so "I must of course buy presents" -> "Je dois bien sûr acheter les cadeaux" according to the lastest writing challenge. "presents" is not preceded by an article in English here, so we must pick "des" or "les" in French, but which one? The way I've understood it, it should be "les" when one is referring to all elements of a kind: "I hate apples" -> "Je déteste LES pommes", and "des" when referring to a subset: "I ate apples" -> "J'ai mangé DES pommes". Thus I expected ".. acheter DES cadeaux". So why is it "les" this time ?

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Barbara R.A1Kwiziq community member

would the negative be, for example, Ils ne seraient pas tellement déçus.Is this correct? Vous ne seriez pas surpris. And this - to ask if he would be happy to help? Est-ce qu'il serait heureux d'aider

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