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Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say the color "maroon" in French?

I have a student who wants to know how to say the color "maroon". The hex color code #800000 gives "Maroon" as the answer on the encycolorpedia.fr site, but that's the only place I see it listed. Most "first choices" on translators give "marron" as the translation -- but how do you tell the difference between marron/maroon and marron/brown? Some give bordeaux or grenat as options -- and those are "related" colors on the encycolorpedia.fr site as well. Thank you for your help with this vexing dilemma. I hope the next student chooses something "easy" like navy blue!! :)

Asked 5 years ago

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Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So what is the best way to ask: Does that work for you? Or, will that work for you?

Asked 9 years ago

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sami z.A0Kwiziq community member

Quelle est la réponse de Joyeux Noël !Quelle est la réponse de Joyeux Noël !

Asked 5 years ago

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Pj P.B1Kwiziq community member

je vais mal vs je suis malade

What is the difference between mal and malade? It looks like aller is used for mal and être for malade, but what's the difference. There's also "j'ai mal" using avoir, (not in this lesson). But given the context in comparison to this lesson, I'm guessing j'ai mal is used to say specifically where it hurts, but I'm not understanding the other two.

Asked 6 years ago

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Guilherme S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

leur vs à eux

Is "Il va leur téléphoner." the same as " Il va téléphoner à eux."?

In other words, can a sentence written with indirect object pronouns be replaced by one with stress pronouns?

Asked 5 years ago

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