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Stuart B.B1KwizIQ community member

Is there an 'appropriacy' issue with 'c'est à moi' over 'c'est le miens'? Would one be be considered more formal than the other? (If so, which one!) Thanks.

Asked 10 years ago

Stuart B.B1KwizIQ community member

Is the aucun d'entre eux alternative translatable as none 'between then'?I'm just trying to work out how to remember it :)

Asked 10 years ago

Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Futur vs ConditionnelOne quiz reads:"Tu _____ m'aider après manger ?" (Will you be able to help me after eating?) and we're supposed to enter Le Futur of "pouvoir". But why Futur? As there appears to be some doubt as to whether the person addressed can help, why aren't we using Le Conditionnel ?

Asked 10 years ago

Pauline S.A1KwizIQ community member

Perhaps I'm just not getting this?Above, you say: C'est in sentences "it is + a/the/my... + thing" C'est une jolie robe. It is a pretty dress. The sentence above is referring to a specific dress, otherwise how could we say it is pretty? Yet, further down the page, I read this: "...Il est/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things: Tu aimes mon pull ? -Oui, il est très beau. Do you like my sweater? -Yes, it's very nice..." According the this, the sentence should be: "Elle est une jolie robe".

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Cheryl N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Using reflexive verbs in all the many ways that verbs are used, e.g:Il se lève: this present tense statement in other tenses, while also in the negative &/or the interrogative? Could you please write examples? Thanks! Cheryl

Asked 10 years ago

Melody S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

use of plus-que parfaitAs a first step into B2 territory, I'm trying to understand how/when this tense is used. My first idea is that it is used in a "story- telling" way. e.g. Elles étaient allées manger une glace. They had gone to eat an ice cream.... Thus they were not home when the tree fell in their house. Or: "I know a tree fell on their house- are they okay? Yes, they had gone to eat an ice cream." So, am I going in the right direction as far as understanding how this tense is used?

Asked 10 years ago

Randa A.A1KwizIQ community member

the note says no feminine for chaud, what about froid....can I say Elle a froide

Asked 10 years ago

Randa A.A1KwizIQ community member

is 'tort, raison' for feminine and masculine?

Asked 10 years ago

Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

DevaitI have an extract from a book i am reading. In this extract does devait mean must have. Can you explain Lorsqu’il a su que c’est au tabagisme ininterrompu de sa mère que Camille devait le handicap de sa petite taille, Armand a été troublé.

Asked 10 years ago

John L.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Je suisSo I am and I follow is the same? I am you = I follow you = je te suis?

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