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Eva S.C1Kwiziq community member

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Elle avait fait ses devoirs avant qu'il n'arrive. She had done her homework before he arrived. Why is 'avant qu'il n'arrive' translated as before he arrived?

Asked 2 months ago

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Elizabeth P.A2Kwiziq community member

how do you ask "who do they love?"

"Qu' aiment-ils?" is this What do they love? How do you say "Who do they love?" ?

Asked 4 months ago

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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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Elizabeth P.A2Kwiziq community member

Qui + inverted question

how do you ask. Who do they love? Qu'aiment-ils is WHAT do they love? but how would you ask WHO di they love?

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Liza Joanna K.A2Kwiziq community member

La femme

Bonjour!

Doesn't femme have two meanings: 'wife' and 'woman'? When should we use them in a sentence?

Thanks and regards

Liza

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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.

Asked 3 months ago

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Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

Cette école a depuis acquis une réputation prestigieuse

Here depuis serves as an adverb? Can I use the present l'indicatif to construct the sentence? Thanks.

Asked 4 months ago

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Anne C.C1Kwiziq community member

I don't understand an answerNous regrettons que vous ne ________ pas participer. We regret you don't want to participate.(HINT: Conjugate "vouloir" in the Subjonctif présent)I don't understand why the answer is vouliez and not veuillez.

Asked 2 months ago

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Jasmine R.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je prends

So if I say "Je prends le train a la lycée. " this is correct ?

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