I've noticed a few examples of this in previous reading exercises where the present tense is used to describe the past. Ex "En France c'est Napoléon..." rather than, "En France, c'etait Napoléon...", even in the translation when you click on it translates that phrase in the present as 'In France it was Napoleon'. I can see that the following phrase uses the passé composé so I'm just not quite clear why those two phrases don't have to agree in their tenses?

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Blake O.C1Kwiziq community member

Would you say t'en or tu en?

I put t'en for a question and it said it was wrong

Asked 7 years ago

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diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

qu'en est-il

Asked 9 years ago

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Vikki B.C1Kwiziq community member

I hear merci bien a lot where I live, what is the difference between that and merci beaucoup?

Asked 7 years ago

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heena c.A2Kwiziq community member

Que fais-tu ce weekend?

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Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne pas + infinitiveWhat is the difference between "ne touchez pas" and "ne pas toucher"? This verb is just an example. I think it was at a fuel station they had a sign that said: Ne pas fumer. Why is ne pas sometime in front of the infinitive and other times around a conjugated form of the verb?

Asked 8 years ago

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Gwen S.B2Kwiziq community member

when would you use je pris and when would you use je prends?

Asked 7 years ago

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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Plaire à vs aimer

Don't know about other people but I would really appreciate a section in the lesson on when to use "aimer" and when to say "plaire à". Great lessons individually on how to use these two expressions but not on when or why one is used instead of the other. Merçi!

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