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Ayesha T.C1KwizIQ community member

Translation question

According to this lesson, "Marie a manqué l'école." should translate to "School misses Marie." But in the quiz, the correct answer is "Marie didn't go to school."

When I click on the Learn and Discuss button, it redirects me to the "manquer (de)" page, which is not what is used in the original sentence (manquer à).

Wouldn't the proper translation be "Marie a manqué d'école"? Help is appreciated.

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Lebohang L.A2KwizIQ community member

va á and adapte á

There was an earlier quiz where "something fitted someone" and the answer was APADTE Á. I also remember that VA Á was not one of the options. When is 'adapte á" appropriate?

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Lebohang L.A2KwizIQ community member

Qu'est-ce qu and Qu

What is wrong with the first?

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Andrew P.B2KwizIQ community member

Descendu les escaliers et descendu du train

Hi,

I have read the below but it's still not clear to me. What is the difference between:

J'ai descendu les escaliers...

Je suis descendu du train...

Asked 3 years ago

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Lori P.C1KwizIQ community member

Sa tête ou la tête?

Pourquoi "il avait répété dans sa tête" et pas "il avait répété dans la tête"?

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BL S.A1KwizIQ community member

Question 2 Beaucoup de fromage!

Oh la, la! 1 200 variétés! Quel préférer-toi?

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Marie C.C1KwizIQ community member

Merci pour cette information. Une Française a essayé de m'expliquer les « règles » concernant la coupe du fromage, mais pas avec autant de détails !

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Jeffrey B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Audio-Text Mismatch; Extra Words In Audio

In the third line of the dialog, if using inversion "Savez-vous à quelle heure nous atterrissons?", the audio in the exercise has several extra words that do not match the text. I can't remember exactly what they were but at the beginning it says "Pascal", like there were cues for the dialog that were being read as the dialog.

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Herb C.C1KwizIQ community member

Hint for Cyril

Hi, normally, there is a hint when a proper name is used, but not in this case for Cyril. Is that intentional? Are we supposed to be good enough by now to pick up proper names? :)

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Stewart H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Adjective placement.

Hi, the workout provided these alternative answers: -

“Quel bonhomme de neige magnifique les enfants !”

“Quel magnifique bonhomme de neige les enfants !”

In this case it's OK to place 'magnifique' either before or after the noun.

Is there a rule that states when some adjectives can be placed either before or after the noun?

Thank you

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