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Máximo A.B1Kwiziq community member

Why is it used "c'etait" with a meaning of passé composé ? I.e. "C'etait une belle soirée " Thanks!

Asked 9 years ago

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Hilary C.C1Kwiziq community member

Nous ne mangeons pas de lapereau- why not lapereaux?

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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say a "half-bottle" of wine?In the US we call the 375ml-sized bottle a "half-bottle." Is there an equivalent in French that does not mean "half a bottle" but refers to the size of the bottle?

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Hope A.A0Kwiziq community member

How do I know when to put a dash between words? Example: as-tu, avez-vous.

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Charles v.A1Kwiziq community member

T'asActually I saw people using 't'as' in sitcoms, and I guessed it should be 'tu as'. Do we get to use that once we are more advanced? It's an informal expression, right?

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Charles v.A1Kwiziq community member

Two questions about Tu and VousIf there's a case that my teacher (or teacher's assistent) is somewhere near my age or we have known each other for a while (usually educators want to be as quick as possible to befriend students during class, so that would be approximately two weeks), should I address them in Tu or Vous? Another case is that what if I've chatted with a person whom I've just met for an hour and after a while I text that person in Tu, would I sound repelling? Merci beaucoup in advance!

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Andre H.C1Kwiziq community member

How to express why something happened

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Kim Y.A2Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Canterbury, en Anglaterre

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ConfusedIn another exercise, we were supposed to translate 'I got bored' to 'Je me suis ennuyé'. Isn't that also a state of being that should use l'imparfait?

Asked 10 years ago

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Hope A.A0Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Portland, Oregon Etas Unis, mais j'habite a Florence, Oregon pur vingt cinq ans.

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