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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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Anish K.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Can we use Marie est en l'école" in place of "Marie est à l´ecole"

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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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AurélieKwizIQ Head of French, Native French Teacher

Joakim asked : why one says "tiers monde" rather than "troisième monde" ?

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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.

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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?

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Amy L.A0KwizIQ community member

Does "dit" mean says?

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John L.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Cannot Use conjugated VerbSince we can't use a conjugated verb after la veille or le lendeman, how do we say "the day before everything burned, the police was on their heel"? Do we have to say la veille que tout était brulé or le jour précédant tout brulé?

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Kevin C.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is there a test for the plus-que-parfait with être?

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

jour ou journéeJ'ai passé le jour ou la journée avec Martin....Je le vois comme un period de temps pas un duration. J'ai tort. Pourquoi?

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