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柔瑄陳.A1Kwiziq community member

Un oiseau is male?Un oiseau means a bird, so it is a male?

Asked 5 years ago

sinthuja m.A0Kwiziq community member

i have a doubt. which is ''tu as faim''. question or sentence. because you are using in same way.

Asked 7 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I find it difficult to know when soi versus soi-même is used.Sometimes when the english meaning is oneself, I reach for soi-même but the correct choice is sometimes soi. Any hints please?

Asked 7 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

how to say in French: "We should have been able to have gone there"3 verbs all in the past tense: how many past participles please? e.g. here's a guess of the translation: nous aurions dû pouvoir y être allés. correct?/incorrect? Merci ! Amicalement, Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

use of plus-que parfaitAs a first step into B2 territory, I'm trying to understand how/when this tense is used. My first idea is that it is used in a "story- telling" way. e.g. Elles étaient allées manger une glace. They had gone to eat an ice cream.... Thus they were not home when the tree fell in their house. Or: "I know a tree fell on their house- are they okay? Yes, they had gone to eat an ice cream." So, am I going in the right direction as far as understanding how this tense is used?

Asked 8 years ago

helen d.C1Kwiziq community member

i learned that aimer is to love a person or animal but it means like for an object and if you want to love an object you use adorer eg j'adore le chocolat - i love chocolat. j'aime le chocolat - i like chocolat. Is this wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

afin de vs pour

Are "afin de" and "pour" interchangeable?

Asked 5 years ago

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je ne le sais pas OR Je ne sais pas

"Sais-tu que Amy est mort?" - "Je ne le sais pas" OR "Je ne sais pas"?

According to the lesson saying that le replace ideas that are introduced by que, but "je ne sais pas" seem more commonly used

Asked 5 years ago

Praisenicole L.A0Kwiziq community member

The opposite of the word devant

Asked 6 years ago

Heather K.B2Kwiziq community member

Il faut que je fasse mes devoirs.Il faut que je fasse mes devoirs. (I must do my homework.) Could this also be: Il me faut que je fasse mes devoirs? When do you use the reflexive?

Asked 7 years ago

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