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Gail G.C1Kwiziq community member

Bien à vous

Un ami m'a écrit que quand on utilise l'expression "bien à vous" à la fin d'un email ça n'est pas écrit par une femme à un homme. On dit "Une femme n'écrit pas "'bien à vous" a un homme, une femme n'envoie pas ses "sentiments" à un homme." Qu'en pensez-vous ? Quelle est la règle grammaticale appropriée ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Alison R.A1Kwiziq community member

"long/longue" coming before nouns -- This is tough to remember as an English speaker, since I am so familiar with a "chaise longue" -- is this the major exception to the rule that "long" generally comes before a noun? I see Aurelie's distinction that adjectives before nouns can be figurative and those after descriptive... but calling a chair "long" doesn't seem any more descriptive than calling a path "long," and yet from the lesson the long path is "le long chemin."

Asked 7 years ago

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Lisa S.A0Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why do you contract je ai to j'ai but leave tu as and not t'as ?It seems like tu never contracts with the following verb. Are there other words that end in vowels but never contract with the next word ?

Asked 9 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aller vs partir

In 1969, we went to conquer the moon. I wrote on est allés but was marked wrong for not using parti when another lesson used on est allés for “we went” so I’m confused and the lesson is about agreement with on. Doesn’t explain why parti is right and allés is wrong. Also, I don’t get email notifications so don’t see any answers to questions unless I happen to run across it elsewhere. Help! Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

un and autre agree in gender (un/une/autre)

1) It seems 'autre' only agrees in number, as seen in the examples. If there is a situation where there's agreement in gender could you please provide an example?

2) In the example of Maxime being hyperactive, should it be: Elle est hyperactive (F)?

Asked 4 years ago

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Linda G.A2Kwiziq community member

Please could you explain how you say 1997 please. Thank you.

Asked 9 years ago

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nim t.A1Kwiziq community member

j'aime ça vs je l'aimea quick question... what's the difference between j'aime ça and je l'aime

Asked 8 years ago

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Jon S.A1Kwiziq community member

Meaning of Qu'est-ce que c'est

In the 2 question quiz given at the end of the lesson a question asks "what does Qu'est-ce que c'est mean?" the literal translation is 'What is it that it is' which is given in the lesson.

It should be more clear on what the question is asking for, the meaning or the translation.

Asked 4 years ago

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Ainsworth B.Kwiziq community member

"Retrouver" y "rencontrer"

J'ai utilisé le verbe "rencontrer" au lieu de "retrouver" pour "to meet." Quelle est la différence entre les deux verbes?

Asked 5 years ago

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sue c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

cadet/ aineeI have heard cadet used to mean youngest of a group of siblings., as aine ( no accents on keyboard) is used to mean the eldest or first born. why can cadet not be used for youngest daughter . In your writing challenge you did not offer cadet as a possibility although for a previous sentence you used ainee for the oldest .

Asked 8 years ago

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