There is a quiz question to translate 'I don't believe so'. The 'so' threw me off.
Apparently, the right answer is 'Je ne le crois pas.' It links to this lesson, the neuter 'le'.
I am wondering why the 'le' is a neuter pronoun and not a direct object pronoun? Is it because the way croire is used here is actually 'croire que'?

Second, when I checked the answer on AI (sorry), it tells me that 'I don't believe that' translates to 'je n'y crois pas'; and 'I don't believe so' is just 'je ne crois pas'. It seems to think that 'je ne le crois pas' can only mean 'I don't believe him' -- as in, 'le' must be a direct object pronoun.

Is any of the AI answer correct, or is it all rubbish? Je ne sais pas si je dois y croire!

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John C.C1Kwiziq community member

Enfin v finalementI have a question on the use of enfin in ... j'aurai enfin le courage ...

Could one write finalement instead of enfin in this context or does it change the meaning?

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freakingtv B.A0Kwiziq community member

the cafe vs. the coffee

How would one differentiate between "He hates the coffee shop" and "he hates the coffee" ? They Both seem to be "il déteste le café". Would you use "les cafes" for all of them and "c'est cafe" for a specific one?

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

une matière d'une légèreté et d'un confort incomparables

Je me demande pourquoi "incomparables" s'accorde avec "légèreté et confort" plutôt qu'avec "une matière". N'est-ce pas la matière qui est incomparable, plutôt que les qualités de la matière ?

Hmm, après l'avoir écrit, je pense que je peux le voir dans les deux sens.... mais, n'empêche, n'est-ce pas une possibilité que l'accord pourrait être avec la matière quand-même ?

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

s'agisser in "she now wanted the theme of the party to be clowns"

Instead of using être in 'to be clowns', can you use instead "s'agisser" (in the subjunctive present)?

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Karen P.C1Kwiziq community member

Question B1 writing challenge

I thought a phrase starting with " En grandissant.." would trigger the imperfect. However in this particular writing exercise of B1: "A Childhood Passion" the sentences that follows that aforementioned "gérondif" are in the simple past.

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A Late Discovery !

I have been doing these exercises weekly for five years and I just realized the true purpose of the dots under the play button. Pushing on them allows one to isolate a part of the recording for repeated listening. How utterly helpful! What a slow learner I am in regard to technology! I am posting this because there are others who might be similarly challenged. A better approach would be to highlight this feature beyond an individual exercise.

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Nicole S.B2Kwiziq community member

je ne le raterais pas

pourquoi pas "je n'y manquerais pas pour rien au monde"? does manquer not work here ? i thought this was a standard phrase to use.

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