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Merve G.A1Kwiziq community member

Why do we use un tres joli manteau but not un manteau tres joli? Merci!

Asked 8 years ago

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Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Shouldn't "J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques" translate as "I've seen some magnificient places?"Here "des" precedes the noun, not an adjective, and therefore it does not become "de" or "d'" but it is still the partitive indefinite article "some."

Asked 8 years ago

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Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je ne t’avais pas reconnue.

The translation Is ‘I didn’t recognize you.’

Please explain why the plus que parfait is used here instead of the passé compose.

Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Harshit A.A1Kwiziq community member

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Je cherche du travail. J'ai besoin de l'argent.
please i need the answer

Asked 4 years ago

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steven l.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I would have a big house if I could afford it

"J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens"

Why is the imparfait "avais" used here? "Could" is conditional, so why are we not using "pourrais" here?

Asked 7 years ago

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Kari F.B2Kwiziq community member

Don't suppose you could add the type of place in the questions?I would find it a lot easier on the tests if you would indicate if something is a city, state or region for example. Being from Canada the North American references are easy but the European not so much. Example Catalonia - had no idea it was a region until I googled it.

Asked 8 years ago

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Diana S.A1Kwiziq community member

How then do you use "le plus" or "le moins"

Asked 8 years ago

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Alvin S.B1Kwiziq community member

Suggestion to improve the lessonI assume the reason this topic was recommended is because I chose to use l'imparfait instead of passé composé. This lesson would be better if it provided more information about when to use passé composé over l'imparfait. Although examples are good, I don't think samples are not sufficient to cover usage.

Asked 7 years ago

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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

Is the aucun d'entre eux alternative translatable as none 'between then'?I'm just trying to work out how to remember it :)

Asked 8 years ago

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steven l.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A bit off topic, but...In the third example, "Il est important qu'il apprenne ses lecons", how come it's not "c'est important"?

Asked 8 years ago

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