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Abdul Q.B1Kwiziq community member

When to use auxiliary etre and when not to

While expressing present continous tense or future simple with present tense in french, I realy get confused on when to use auxiliary etre with subject pronoun and when not to use

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Patricia D.C1Kwiziq community member

Dans la derniere phrase, pourquoi est-il "decouvrir" DE vraies....| au lieu de "decouvrir DES vraies..." ? Merci.

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Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'de vin' vs 'du vin'

Hello Kwiziq team and learners.

l am just wandering why in the two following sentences the 'de' proposition is used differently?

Sentence 1 - Vous êtes un amateur de vin?

Sentence 2- Vous êtes un amoureux du vin?

I look forward to reading the reply :)

Asked 3 years ago

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mohame p.A1Kwiziq community member

Using past tense with si, non, oui

Tu ne vas pas au clup?

....., Je suis allé hier.

Is it correct to use (Si or Non)

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Jangir G.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

View own translation along with the original textAfter finishing the exercise, the full original text is shown. I think it would be useful to show the full user's translation as well

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Jangir G.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Garder un/le secret?

Is it possible to use "garder [le] secret" ? English is not my native language, I'm russian.

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Shankar P.C1Kwiziq community member

Distinction between Ayons (nous) and Ayez(vous), so please do not tell me that nous is relevant to 'nous" etc etc. I am talking about L'imperitif

I am confused. Sometimes Ayez is used sometimes Ayons is used.

For example "Ayez confiance mes amis" I was corrected from Ayons

But here is one example Ayons foi en notre force .

Is there a rule or we just have to know, like vocabulary

Asked 3 years ago

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Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Form of Adverb

How do we know which form of adverb has to be used...the one ending in '...ment' or the regular form?

- Marie chante le plus fortement. V/S Marie chante le plus fort.

- Jeanne parle le plus doucement. VS Jeanne parle le plus doux.

- Il conduit le plus lentement. V/S Il conduit le plus lent.

How do we know which form of adverb to use in such situations?

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Avoir l'air (+ adj)

The recommended translation for 'tiny hairy faces seemed worried' is 'de minuscules visages hirsutes avaient l'air inquiet' - inquiet agreeing with air rather than the subject visages.

Is it not also an option that it agree with visages?

I am looking in Larousse which says that the adjective following air agrees with the subject of the sentence if that subject is a thing and, often, with the subject if it is a person ('Elle a l'air sérieuse').

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Catherine J.A2Kwiziq community member

Jusque v jusqu'à Martine est allée à pied jusque chez Julien !

Why is this jusque and not jusqu'à?

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