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Andrea H.C1Kwiziq community member

faire du waterpolo?

I was marked wrong for "jouer au waterpolo". The correct answer was revealed to be "faire du waterpolo". Can you explain why waterpolo takes "faire de"? I consider it a team sport, it uses balls, all hallmarks for me to use jouer à.

Merci !

Asked 6 years ago

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je suis retourné me coucher après que tu es parti.Il faut que je rie. J'ai écrit <je suis retourné me coucher après que tu t'en es allé. Bien sûr, cela avait tort. Je comprends que j'aurais dû écrire la reponse différemment comme vous l'avez fait. Mais avais-je raison. J'ai tenu les deux phrases dans le temps correcte, je le crois. Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez? Évidement, je joue avec cette phrase. Je m'en suis amusé. Don

Asked 7 years ago

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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne serait-ce que

Why utilize inversion in the final sentence, "ne serait-ce que pour les garder en vie"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member

Conjugate dire (+avoir) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past)

Following other answers, I'm much clearer but what is "an instance where the verb following «on» changes from the third persona singular to, usually, a plural tense and agrees correspondingly".

And, to be clear, when "on" = "we" it's still singular .... on a dit, here?

Asked 7 years ago

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Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Why is en used be

Asked 8 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passé composé of partagerLes Indiens ________ un magnifique festin avec les pèlerins. Hint: "partager" in passé compose; My answer was "ont partagé; Kwizbot answer was also "ont partagé. But my answer was marked as incorrect!

Asked 8 years ago

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