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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is it "la plupart du temps" rather than de temps since it is a kind of measurement?

Asked 6 years ago

Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member

Malgré le fait que + Le Subjonctif and En dépit de + infinitive = despite/in spite of + [doing something] Not Available

Asked 6 years ago

Judi H.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Kensington dans Sydney en Australie.

Asked 9 years ago

Lewis S.C1Kwiziq community member

Present continuous actionBonjour, team. "Anne est en train d'aller à Paris." In addition to, "Anne is going to Paris", would a more precise translation be, "Anne is on her way to Paris"? Would the second translation be correct?

Asked 7 years ago

Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je ne pense guèreN'aurait-on pas besoin d'utiliser le mot <en> avec cette phrase? Sinon, la phrase n'a pas de sens. Je n'en pense guère ou j'en pense à peine. J'ai à peine le temps de le faire... I hardly have time to do it. Merci, Don

Asked 7 years ago

Robyn C.B1Kwiziq community member

There are too many different meanings for passer. Can you recommend some synonyms please?

Asked 8 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Telling the time in FrenchBonjour! If you use the 12 hour clock, instead of 24 hour, to say the time in French, do you always use "demie" for half past the hour, even if the time is after mid-day? For example, in the weekend writing challenge: Level A2: "This weekend, I became an aunty!", I got this line wrong: (below, is copied from the writing challenge page:) You wrote: vers dix heures trente du soir. Correct answers: vers vingt-deux heures trente. or vers dix heures et demie (du soir). I understood from kwiziq lessons, that if the time was after mid-day, then you wrote trente instead of demie, and if you used the 12 hour clock, you needed to state if the time was morning or evening (which I did). Please clarify? Cheryl

Asked 8 years ago

Farid M.C1Kwiziq community member

Video above, On vs L'onOn the video, I feel the explanation for "on vs l'on" (minute 6:18) is not applicable. I don't believe this is an example of euphony, because there are occasions that we use qu'on (unlike va-t-il, a clear example of euphony, that is never without a "t"). So, I think in this phrase, the first "on" is indefinite, but in the second part, having a point of reference, it becomes definite. Am I correct on this?

Asked 9 years ago

Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

I wasn't sure at the end if this lesson the advantages of using one or the other ...... and having just been asked a question on it I left the question and found the answer was the one with qui .... qui which looked the most confusing of the answers and the one I certainly wouldn't have chosen :)

Asked 9 years ago

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Asked 7 years ago

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