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Kalpana S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns

What is the rule for using the pesky little accent circumflex with possessive plurals-- adjectives and pronouns (notre and votre)? Used only with pronouns but not adjectives? Is that right?

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So many questions!Where do I even start with this one? ;) “ L'Incroyable au chocolat blanc et au spéculoos, L'Impensable au café, L'Excentrique à la cerise... Miam !” Is this structure a bit like a phrase, or poetic speech? Why the capitalisations? Why “l’ au ”? And what are spéculoos? :)

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement of tout

In “dont les noms sont tout aussi appétissants”, why doesn’t “tout” agree with the subject (“les noms”)? I was expecting to see “tous”.

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Keir M.C1Kwiziq community member

Leur or leurs for enfants"Je parle aux enfants". Write "I speak to them.": Je ________ .leur parleJe leurs parlese

Is enfants not plural so the objective pronoun is leurs? Leur would equal "un enfant"?

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a. v.C1Kwiziq community member

cette paire de basketsI was wondering how one would write "that pair of trainers" in French and when one wants to emphasise THAT pair and not THIS pair. In the above exercise "that pair of trainers" was written as "cette paire de baskets". Can one also write "cette paire de baskets-là" to be more specific?

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Andrew W.A2Kwiziq community member

Masculine/feminine

You have put ça lui est égal is masculine and Celia lui est égal is feminine. Then when ask to answer which are correct for he doesn’t mind and you said both answers were correct?

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Rafa R.C1Kwiziq community member

Tarte au Maroilles?

Why is it "Tarte au Maroilles" and not "Tarte aux Maroilles"?

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Sue H.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you substitute 'au fil de' for 'à travers', 's'infiltre dans' for pénètre', 'flâner’ for ’parcourir'?

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

vintage. Is it invariant ?

The adjective, vintage, does not agree with its plural noun, vêtements. Is it invariant and is this so because it is a word borrowed from English ? If so, is this the case with other borrowed adjectives, for example super? Thanks for the informative story about Lille.

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Use of "de" vs. "des"

Why "s'illumine de lumieres colorees" and not "des lumieres colorees"?

I understand that "des" becomes "de" when the adjective precedes the noun that it is modifying, but in this case "colorees" is after "lumieres".

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