I needed to use falloir in the passé simple (don't ask lol) - the verb conjugation tables in Lawless say that it's il faillit, but other sources say it's il fallut. The latter seems more logical given that the past participle is fallu - but which is correct? Or is there a typo in the conjugation tables.,

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Anne D.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Nous avons ouvert la fenêtre car il fait trop chaud.

Six years on from the last question in Q&A (asking why not "faisait") the sentence just came up again in a Kwiz: the English equivalent is common usage but I’d like to know why the French one doesn’t seem to follow the usual concordance of tenses?

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Huw S.C1KwizIQ community member

Why don't i get points for being almost right or not too far out.

Just did test and got various bits wrong but various bits right. Should have got more points for good effort.

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Ben Z.A0KwizIQ community member

Vous vous

Hello,

When saying "your name is..." "vous vous appelez..." why do we use "vous" twice?

Thank you!

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Benjamin B.C1KwizIQ community member

Writing Test

I was supposed to translate, "this year, on the 24th of December, I am going to cook Christmas Eve Dinner." I translated the latter part of that sentence to "je cuisinerai le repas du Réveillon," which was not accepted. The correct answer was "je vais cuisiner le repas...". However, there was nothing in the quiz so far to indicate that this was to be done in the near future. Was my answer technically correct, or am I missing something?
Thank you

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Jane H.A2KwizIQ community member

Person of verb in a compound subject

This came up in the examples of the use of stress pronouns: Ma femme et toi êtes meilleures amies. But why is it 'êtes' and not 'sont'?

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Agustina M.A1KwizIQ community member

Cultural weight of gendered adjectives

Hi! This is not a question regarding grammar but more of a cultural question. In many languages, the changes of the social understanding of gender has also changed the way we use grammar. In English, we don't use gendered adjectives, but it's common now to use gender neutral pronouns such as they/them, in Spanish we use the letter -e instead of -o or -a to make adjectives gender neutral. Is there anything similar in french?

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Susan P.B2KwizIQ community member

Demonstrate how to use the verb sortir with a direct object Please give an example of sortir in the transitive. e.g., Je sors un livre de mon sac can become Je le sors de mon sac? Is that correct? So sortir would mean to take something out? Grammar Jargon: partir is an intransitive verb, whereas quitter and laisser are always transitive verbs (i.e. have a direct object) and sortir can be either

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chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Tu en vaut la peine

Translates as 'You're worth it'. That may be how it is used colloquially but doesn't it really translate as 'You're worth the grief?'

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