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alison g.C1Kwiziq community member

Imperative and the subjunctive Hi there I'm glad to see someone else ask the question about "ayons-en" above. I see Ron has replied but I'm still unclear as to why the subjunctive is used in the imperative of some verbs and not others. Is there a lesson on this? Many thanks Alison

Asked 8 years ago

Larry S.C1Kwiziq community member

Vieux - singular or/and plural?

Hi,

I thought that "vieux" can be singular AND plural but the quiz says it is only singular.

Asked 5 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjonctif futur"J'ai peur que tu ne le fasses" means "I'm scared you'll do it" according to one test. But shouldn't it rather be "I'm scared you are doing it"? There seems to be no subjonctif futur in French?

Asked 9 years ago

D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Just because "I have played football since ...." doesn't mean "I still play football".

Asked 8 years ago

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

une douzaine = ?I looked this up in Larousse online, and Collins Fr/En dictionary online. I was trying to figure out how to say "I want a dozen eggs" instead of "I want about a dozen eggs". --- http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/douzaine/26535 douzaine [duzεn] nom féminin 1. [douze] dozen 2. [environ douze] une douzaine de a dozen, around twelve une douzaine d'escargots a dozen snails une douzaine de pages about ou roughly twelve pages ---------------------------- http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/dizaine English translation of douzaine douzaine (duzɛn ) Translations feminine noun (= 12) "dozen" " ⇒ une douzaine d'œufs" "a dozen eggs" (= environ 12) une douzaine "a dozen or so" une douzaine de "about twelve", "a dozen or so" une douzaine de personnes "about twelve people" --------------------------------------------------------------- From above: une douzaine d'escargots a dozen snails (Larousse) une douzaine d'œufs a dozen eggs (Collins) (Unfortunate that both items start with vowels, thus d' instead of de. I doubt that makes a difference between "about a dozen" and "a dozen.) -------------------------------------------------------------- Help appreciated her. Thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

Ankita M.A0Kwiziq community member

explain it please when to use as-tu and what does it mean

can you eplain the sentence as-tu une photo de ta famile what s the use of as-tu?

Asked 2 years ago

Olivia H.B1Kwiziq community member

What's the difference between saying de chance and de la chance? As in the examples above where with je there is no la and with nous there is a la?

Asked 10 years ago

Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pourrais-je avoir un peu de lait? Why is it not 'du lait' as in "pourrais-je avoir du lait?"

Asked 8 years ago

valentina p.A1Kwiziq community member

Bonjour! When shall I use habiter and when vivre? Oh, and when demeurer?

Asked 8 years ago

Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Perhaps an example of "c'est" using a negative statement.

After more than a year of these lessons, I'd not learned "ce n'est pas" is how you say it is not "something" - for example - "Ce n'est pas une bonne taille." Great discovery (I found it in a weekend writing lesson) ! Great course !

Asked 7 years ago

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