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Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

Prenait vs. prendraitWhy doesn't, "She would wear it all the time" not translate to "Elle le prendrait tout le temps"? 'Would wear' is the conditional tense, no? Thank you.

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Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

Piscine vs. bain vs. bassin

Quand est-ce qu'on utilise 'bain' ou 'bassin', au lieu de 'piscine'? Il semble que 'piscine' n'est pas correct dans certains cas. Pourriez-vous m'expliquer ça, s'il vous plaît?

Merci.

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Cornelia H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thank you

Thank you, Cécile. I must have overlooked that in the alternative possibilities! Évidemment is one of my favorite words! Not sure why!

Regards,

Cornelia

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Jill W.C1Kwiziq community member

Question about use of "nous"

When we use "nous", is the object always referred to in the singular, such as "notre horloge"?

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Todd L.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Même as adective

Can we say that if même precedes the noun, it means "same" and if it comes after the noun, it means "very/itself"?

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why can't we use "aimer" for saying "do you like them"? I understand the use of plaisir but surely you can use either here ?

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Jeroen B.C1Kwiziq community member

To the small pool should be into the small pool

Thanks for this exercise.

One minor detail to improve here: I got confused by "dans le petit bassin" being translated as "to the small pool", which means "au petit bassin", instead the correct English translation is "into the small pool".

Cheers!

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Matthew V.C1Kwiziq community member

Thank you!

Lovely resource, really impressed by the thought that's gone into this and the ease of use. I just got C1 on self test but less than half marks on the written exercise, confirming that written French is where I need to up my game!

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Helena M.B2Kwiziq community member

Thanks a lot, have to work a bit harder..

Thanks a lot, have to work a bit harder...

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Il va rester dedans

< Il va rester dedans > is being red-lined for "he is going to stay inside", but it is correct too.

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