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Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member
Plusieurs questionsThank you for this beautiful exercise where there was almost a one-to-one correspondence between the English and French, and instructions were given where they were due. I enjoyed completing it. I have a few questions. 1. In this sentence: 'mon mari m'avait offert une belle édition de la pièce d'Oscar Wilde "Salomé”,' in this sentence, can I enclose the word "Salomé” between guillemets? Is there a rule in French when to use inverted commas and when to use guillemets to quote something? 2. When a creative work is produced/done by someone or some entity, can we also use the preposition 'par'? For example: un documentaire par Radio-Canada? Un roman par X, des œuvres par Y. In this case precisely, la pièce par Oscar Wilde? 3. I used the same sentence as stated here: 'ces motifs exotiques et étranges qui paraissaient couvrir la toile', but the system corrected me from 'couvrir' to 'recouvrir'. 4. This is most important to me: I struggle to figure out when to use a 'pronom tonique' and when to use 'indirect object pronoun.' For example: 'un musée qui lui était entièrement dédié à Paris', I am tempted to write: 'un musée qui était entièrement dédié à (can I use consacré à as well here?) lui à Paris' in keeping with literal translation from English. Is it always the case that 'à qqn' / 'de qqn' is always replaced by an IOP? In a similar fashion, can't I say 'Je me vous souviens' instead of 'Je me souviens de vous'? 5. Is the adverbial pronoun y only present in the "Il y avoir" to translate the "There is" structure? To translate, "There exists...", "There remains...", we don't need that? I am sorry for the lengthy set of questions. Thank you for your patience.
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Hamza N.B1Kwiziq community member
It's a bit weird

In the first paragraph "Santa claus " is used instead of Pere noel. Can we use santa claus in french as well??

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Je veux en profiter avant que ma fille ne grandisse.

My question is about the use of 'en' here. Does this sentence refer to something previously mentioned, the subject from which the speaker wants to benefit? Is it connected to the use of 'de' with vouloir?

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Hamza N.B1Kwiziq community member
What does this mean

i dont understand "

For example, your "number one" sleeps well in a car?

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Elysia S.C1Kwiziq community member
"quelle rare connexion on a !"

Why is the word order "Quelle rare connexion" and not "Quelle connexion rare" ?

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Rebecca L.C1Kwiziq community member
confusion over passive voice

The lesson states that  "if [action of the sans que clause] is over before the action of the main clause, you'll use Le Subjonctif Passé."  So why does Tu as fait tout ça sans ________ au courant. need que Neve soit, which is in the Subjonctif Present, rather than que Neve l'ait été, which is in Subjonctif Passé? 

 

I've never understood this.  Thanks,

Rebecca

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Lara Michelle E.C1Kwiziq community member
Après que + indicative (L'Indicatif)

Hello, 

Why do we use etait allée below instead of est allée? 

ex. Il a laissé sa voiture au garage après qu'elle était allée à la banque.

There was a question: 

 

Je suis retourné me coucher après que tu es parti. (correct answer as per quiz)

Should it be "Je suis retourné me coucher après que tu etais parti?

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Ann B.A1Kwiziq community member
Which of the conjugations of s'asseoir is the most commonly used?

Which of the conjugations of s'asseoir is the most commonly used?

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Was unable to hear a word

The passage in question is, "pour que votre repas soit un succès !" I couldn't hear the "pour" at all despite running the audio track several times. 

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
cette exigence qui dépasse ce que certains considèrent comme suffisant.

I had put "suffisante", as I thought that that was refering to the exigence (feminin). Is this masculine bcause "ce que" acts like "c'est" and requires a neutral ie masculin adjective? Or is the agreement with something other than exigence?

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