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Federica G.Kwiziq community member

Usage of y ou là

Hi - thanks for this great website. I have a question regarding y and 'la\la-bas'. I am not sure whether they can be used interchangeably? For example we could both say J'y vais ou je vais là and, if so, does it keep the same meaning? Thank you!

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philip t.C1Kwiziq community member

Mixed perfect & imperfect sentencesChoice of perfect vs imperfect in this sentence "Il a commencé à sourire aux gens qu'il croisait dans la rue" appears completely random - why not the other way round - or both the same tense? He meets people regularly but he only smiles irregularly? What an infuriating language!

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Ron B.C1Kwiziq community member

Missing apostrophe

It seems a bit harsh to be marked wrong for merely omitting an apostrophe. I wrote quelle fasse and not qu'elle fasse which I thought was almost correct.

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Nancy P.C1Kwiziq community member

Why the imparfait and not the futur?

"à tout ce que l'avenir leur réservait": I translate this for myself as "all the future will hold for them". To me it is counterintuitive to use a past tense (even continuous past tense) for events occuring in the future. Please help me make sense of this use of the imparfait.

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Janice G.C1Kwiziq community member

A compliment, not a question.

Thank you for sharing this beautiful and inspirational video. It would have been a fabulous exhibit to have seen in person.

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is there a "d'" after "rien" in "on n'a rien vu D'intéressant" ?

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't understand the expression "on avait pas mal bu"? Can this be explained please

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire les coudes

As an alternative to en bousculant les passants, couldn’t you say

En faisant les coudes aux passants ?

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emre can c.A2Kwiziq community member

"Ce n'est que depuis quelques semaines que j'ai entendu parler de vous et de votre livre"

The sentence above is used by philosopher Martin Heidegger in his letter to Jean-Paul Sartre in 1945. Why did he use Le Passé Composé, though "depuis" is used?

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Emre Can K.A0Kwiziq community member

"Que dessinent les enfants?"

Why isn't the question above inverted? Is it specific to the usage of "que"?

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