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Jane E.C1KwizIQ community member
A suggestionI wish there were tests comprised of questions from all the levels -- I find that knowing which material was covered in each section is helping me unconsciously "game" the test. It would be a great way to review all the material (or perhaps just A0-B2).
Asked 9 years ago
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Claire M.A1KwizIQ community member
Pronunciation of "ai"

I'm really confused, so I thought in prnounciation "ai" = "ay" as in "way."

But it's being pronounced with J'ai with "i" as in "ice." What's going on?

Asked 5 years ago
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Paul B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Jack descended (on) the giant

I can see from the discussion that I am not the only learner who gets confused about this, but am I correct that these two sentences are translated thus:

Jack descended the giant = Jack a descendu le geant (Sorry, can't do the accent)

and

Jack descended on the giant = Jack est descendu sur le geant.

Asked 8 years ago
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ann h.A2KwizIQ community member
"Meme s'il n'est pas fatigué, il devrait aller se coucher" Is it less correct to to omit the "aller" and just say "il devrait se coucher" ?
Asked 10 years ago
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Judy M.B1KwizIQ community member
Why is Lui used in the following sentence? I don't understand the use of lui rather than il in this sentence. Paul est mon meilleur ami. Lui, seul comprend mes problèmes.
Asked 9 years ago
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Kaira A.A1KwizIQ community member
In french how does one ask 'how is the weather outside?'
Asked 6 years ago
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Jimmy J.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
I understand that the adjective goes after the noun, ne est pa? I also learned there are some exceptions to the rule. Do I need to just memorize the exceptions or is there a way to decipher this grammar?
Asked 8 years ago
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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Use of don't/ de quiIn the following sentence, "La chaise, don't/ de laquelle tu as cassé le pied, est maintenant inutile," I interpreted it to mean whose leg you broke and thus answered don't / de qui and not de laquelle. Why am I wrong?
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Margolit P.C1KwizIQ community member
How do you say "I have neither a son nor a brother." ?
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Jamie J.B2KwizIQ community member
Why the S'Y?

I have just run across this sentence in my reading, and I don't understand how/why the adverbial pronoun is used:

The introductory sentence is part of a conversation: 

-Vous ignorez qu'il est le propriétaire des parfums et des produits de beauté Mylène?

This is followed by the following sentence, which is the author's omnipotent observation about how little Maigret knew about perfumes:  

Il s'y connaissait si peu en produits de beauté! 

I understand what is being communicated, but I don't understand the grammar!

Please explain why the "s'y" construction is in this sentence.  

Merci!



Asked 6 years ago
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