I am a bit confused here.. why saviez and not savez? In English we often say "did you.." but that is a quirk and actually means "do you?" and it is heard as present tense. I see saviez as "did you use to know".. implying that you might have forgotten.. This is clearly an active question and I thought that French was more particular than that on its use of tenses.

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Nicki p.A0Kwiziq community member

When to use J'ai and je suis

Hi, I just did a test for dropping the ai part of j'ai when next to a vowel. I got this wrong but these examples were used.

J'ai vingt ans- I am 21

Je suis grand - I am tall

J'habite à Londre

Why does j'ai (i thought this means I have and je suis (I thought this meant I am) both have the translation of " I am

Asked 3 years ago

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H. T.A1Kwiziq community member

Question on this sentence, " J'ai visité Paris. "

Is this an exception case that we omit the "à", do you have other similar example?

Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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flor m.A0Kwiziq community member

Tu viens d'où?

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Max L.A1Kwiziq community member

English grammr? Better written as "He has a brother, he doesn't have a sister."I think the translation would be better as "He has a sister, he doesn't have a brother."

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Sagar J.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When to use definite articles with ne...ni...ni?

I know this has been asked before, but I'm having trouble determining when to use definite articles when talking about things in general. The two examples in the lesson seem to contradict each other:

Je n'aime ni le fromage ni le lait.

Il ne veut ni vin ni eau.

Why is is "le fromage/le lait" in the first example, and simply "vin/eau" in the second one? According to the English translations for each, both sentences seem to refer to the items in general.

Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

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w s.B2Kwiziq community member

why use 5 ans, instead of 5 années?

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