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Hira F.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite un pakistanIs this correct?

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say she ought to really stop seeing himI want to know how French differentiates between ought and should

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Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"C'était la dernière fois que je venais te vois." Why does "que je venais" translate to "that I was coming" and not "that I came"?

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Adam E.C1Kwiziq community member

C'est moi qui payeWhy can't you just say Je paye? Or someone corrected me after I said that my small daughter is ill (La petite est malade <- wrong, C'est la petite qui est malade <- why?)

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Kristina C.A1Kwiziq community member

j'habite a edmonton

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M H.B1Kwiziq community member

On the test the question was "Il pense à sa famille. Elle y pense aussi. If y = à plus thing/object/location (but not a person) and famille is a group of people why is y used?

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Monica C.A1Kwiziq community member

Why woudnt it be "devant de la table"?

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Marcela R.A1Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Chili.

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Antonios D.A2Kwiziq community member

Il faut faire *son* litIn one of the questions the expression `Il faut faire son lit` was translated as "You must make your bed". Is `il faut`, like `on`, requiring the use of the 3rd person? Would it be grammatically wrong to say `Il faut faire ton lit`? What about `Il faut faire mon lit` if it's my bed that you must make? Thanks you in advance.

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Antonios D.A2Kwiziq community member

'Also' or 'but'I think most of the examples could be translated by keeping the negation and using 'but'. At least for me, it's clearer than losing the negation of 'ne' For example: Je n'ai que fait mes devoirs. I didn't do (anything) but my homework. Nous n'avons regardé qu'un film. We didn't watch but one film. Nous n'avons que mangé des bonbons We didn't (do anything) but eat sweets. Nous n'avons mangé que des bonbons We didn't eat (anything) but sweets. They're not perfect English perhaps, but with the right intonation I think they could hold in oral English.

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