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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

Preposition after se promener

Looking at the sentence: "Nous nous promenons dans les bois." Is it also correct to say: "Nous nous promenons aux bois?"

Asked 6 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How to specify what something is made from/ofAs I understand it, a wooden plank is "une planche DE bois" because it is made entierly from wood, while a tomato soup is "une soupe À LA tomate" because it has other ingredients as well. But in the most recent writing challenge we had "et comme plat principal, j’aimerais la salade DE chèvre chaud". Surely, a salad has several ingredients, so why is it not ".. salade AU chèvre chaud" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Norman S.C1Kwiziq community member

Interpretation and update of improvement timeline1. How should I interpret the two graph lines and their associated values on the diagram? 2. Why does my timeline seem to be stuck at 4 February?

Asked 8 years ago

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John M.C1Kwiziq community member

why not accept "cela ne fait rien"

Asked 8 years ago

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Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je m’en veux mais il n’y a rien que je puisse faire pour y échapper.Hello. In your Week 35 B2 writing test, the above phrase triggers the subjunctive. It translates as: "I feel bad about it, but there's nothing that I can do to get out of it!" I suspect that it may be the emotion "I feel bad ... that" that triggers the subjunctive, because no desire or need is shown. However I'd be very grateful for any further help with this (extremely idiomatic) phrase! Thank-you

Asked 8 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le jour suivantIs it possible to say il s'est réveillé le jour suivant le mariage rather than le lendemain du mariage?

Asked 8 years ago

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Umi O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

about subjunctiveI encountered this sentence: Si intelligent soit-il, il ne pourra réussir ce concours étant donné son peu de préparation. Is this another way of creating a sentence with subjunctive? Thank you very much.

Asked 8 years ago

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Priscilla L.A2Kwiziq community member

Would you say "Je t'habille" to say "I dress you"?

Asked 8 years ago

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Charles H.C1Kwiziq community member

Why feu d’artifice? I see feux d’artifice used in multiple examples.

Asked 4 years ago

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Kelly B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, for numbers such as 1,2 millions , do we also say it the same way, ie. "un virgule deux millions" ? Is "point" ever used in french? Thank you,

Asked 6 years ago

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