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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

noun genders with countries

hi,

I took the test and i understand that Switzerland is feminine but why is there a masculine pronoun ils at the beginning? ils detesent la suisse. Shouldn't it be elles not ils?

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nicole

Asked 3 years ago

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Duke W.B2Kwiziq community member

Brain Map for Premium UsersBrain Map is not responsive to gestures in revealing more information (other than color codes) when used on an iPad with most current iOS with Safari as the browser. Thank you in advance as the feature is quite extraordinary if it will provide detailed analysis as the tutorial demonstrates. PS Are there plans to release kwiziq as an app (currently available only in a browser) and a "native speaker" segment as used in some other language apps?

Asked 8 years ago

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Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Pierre est avocat

Asked 9 years ago

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Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't have a Kwiz on this subject. Why is that?

Asked 8 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Trois sixièmes ou un demiI appreciate that exercise is showing how to write fractions. However, do they actually say "trois sixièmes" instead of "un demi" in everyday life?

Asked 7 years ago

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Johnny L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

to speak + languageYou didn't explain why we can use both forms with "to speak + language." Is it because a language is both a noun and an adjective?

Asked 9 years ago

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Rod B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aller àConfused re "These hats suit us" I put: Ces chapeaux... vont à nous" thinking that it had to contain the "aller à" form, and also that it'd be weird to end in the verb. But correct answer was "Ces chapeaux nous vont". Can you explain this one for me? Tx!

Asked 8 years ago

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Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

Why 'salle de bains', shouldn't it be 'salle à bains'According to this lesson, for translation of bathroom/washroom, a room for baths. So it should be 'salle à bains', but why do we use 'salle de bains'

Asked 8 years ago

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ca l.A0Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je l'appelle.Hi, how do we usually know what is the L' referring here normally?

Asked 7 years ago

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Plutôt que

Asked 7 years ago

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