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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Use of partitive before a Singular Adjective preceding a Singular Noun

In this situation, how is the partitive used? Is it optional? E.G.

C'est un bon gâteau. OR C'est de bon gâteau. OR C'est du bon gâteau. ??

Merci d'avance .

Asked 4 years ago

Jade A.A0Kwiziq community member

Straight to the point

this essay is straight to the point love it

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Mark P.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Why is this wrong?

Can anybody explain why this is wrong?.. I can see pour as an alternative but why is pendant wrong here as it is, surely, expressing a duration.

Par exemple, la semaine prochaine, pendant Pâques, nous ferons une chasse aux œufs en français !

Giving "pour" as correct.

Asked 4 years ago

KIm I.A2Kwiziq community member

I cannot not understand why we would be this

4À la fin de l'année, on ________Hanoucca. At the end of the year, we celebrate Hanukkah.(HINT: Conjugate "célébrer" (to celebrate) in Le Présent)célèbrecélèbronsLearn and Discuss »

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Gregory W.C1Kwiziq community member

Le tour est longue de 300 metres. Il est construit totalement de fer. Quel est l'origine de fer pour le tour d'Eiffel?

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Hugh H.B2Kwiziq community member

objections to the tower

Il y avait une opposition considérable à la construction de la tour. De nombreux artistes et écrivains étaient contre le projet mais la popularité de la tour et de l'exposition a fait taire les objections.

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mary n.C1Kwiziq community member

"y" pronoun in this subjunctive questionPlease can you explain the use of 'y' pronoun in this test question answer:n'y ait ( I wanted it to be simply 'il n'ait')

Nous avons ouvert les fenêtres de peur qu'il ________ une fuite de gaz. We opened the windows out of fear there might be a gas leak.

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Yasmin H.A1Kwiziq community member

Is the word room in French chambre?

what does 'chambre' mean inEnglish?

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Peta N.A1Kwiziq community member

how do you type a circumflex

how do you type a circumflex - I looked this up and it said control-shift, the symbol above the 6 and then the letter. That didn't work

Asked 4 years ago

Andy D.A0Kwiziq community member

Confuse. Ils se sentent seuls -> why using "Se"not leur as the object is ILS. Possive adjective of ILS is leur not se.Ils se sentent seuls -> why using "Se"not leur as the object is ILS. Possive adjective of ILS is leur not se.

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