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Kathy h.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

À eux -vs- aux euxBonjour, I was surprised to see "Je pense à eux." in this lesson. Should it not be "aux eux" ? The other day I was chatting online with a French native, and when I wrote "dit bonjour à eux" he corrected me, saying to use "aux". Merci !

Asked 9 years ago

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katya s.B1Kwiziq community member

subjunctive for croireHello, If I want to ask "do you think that we will win?" do I use the subjunctive even though it's in the future? That is, do I say: "Crois-tu qu'on gagne?" or similarly "crois-tu que nous gagnions?" OR do I say "Crois-tu qu'on va gagner?"/ "Crois-tu que nous allons gagner?" Merci en avance, Katya

Asked 7 years ago

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Cameron W.A2Kwiziq community member

écouter à vs. écouter de?

Why is the sentence fragment "J'écoute du Beethoven" and not "J'écoute à Beethoven"? When would someone use 'écouter à' vs 'écouter de'?

Asked 5 years ago

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Lauren R.A0Kwiziq community member

Is date masculine or feminine?

If we express dates as masculine (le 30 novembre), why do we ask Quelle est la date with feminine articles?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

la prochaine foisI have encountered la prochaine fois recently. Why might prochain (e) precede the verb?

Asked 9 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is the difference between offrir and donner? Which do people use most ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Catriona T.C1Kwiziq community member

À l'extérieur v. dehorsWe were supposed to translate Daniel lives outside the city. I used "à l'extérieur de and it was marked wrong. The explanation was à l'extérieur is used in the geographical sense. To me, something being outside a city is pretty geographical. Also, I checked Linguee and this is what I got. Please note that most of the quotes in this list are from government websites. "https://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&query=outside+the+city

Asked 7 years ago

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Randa A.A1Kwiziq community member

is 'tort, raison' for feminine and masculine?

Asked 9 years ago

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Diana S.A1Kwiziq community member

how do you say i live in Italy

Asked 9 years ago

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Matthew C.C1Kwiziq community member

Translating part of the name of a street?I’m very confused by this. It would seem very odd to me to if, when talking in English about a street in France, someone would translate “J’habite rue Pasteur.” to “I live on Pasteur Street.” or “I live on Pasteur Road.”. I would expect that they would either leave “rue Pasteur” as it is and say “I live on rue Pasteur.” or, perhaps more likely, captalize the “rue” and say “I live on Rue Pasteur.”. Similarly, I would not expect someone who lived in, say, London, when speaking French, to say something like “J’habite rue Baker.”, I’d expect something more like “J’habite Baker Street.”. In all cases, I’d expect the full name of the street (“rue Pasteur”, “Baker Street”, etc.) to be preserved in translation. I am often shocked at how much people are willing to mangle names of all kinds when using a language different to that from which the name originated, though Kwiziq usually manages to avoid doing so. A quick look at the French and English Wikipedia articles for some notable streets seems to back up my initial thoughts. I was wondering whether to report this as an issue, but I am not quite confident enough to say that Kwiziq is definitely wrong here.

Asked 8 years ago

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