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Darrell B.A1KwizIQ community member

Phrase definition.

I'm using another website along side this and there it says ''Qu'est-ce que c'est'' means ''What is that'' where as here you say it means ''What is it'' I'm really confused.

Asked 5 years ago

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Dhiraj J.A1KwizIQ community member

Question on an exampleJulie a vraiment envie de chocolat = May I ask why this does not read as du chocolat? Since it's le chocolat? Or is it because in this context, this refers to some chocolat - but even then I didn't understand why du gets dropped - wouldn't it be envie du chocolat?

Asked 5 years ago

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ghazal v.A0KwizIQ community member

some examples

here some examples for this grammar. I hope so it be useful for all of you!

Tu ne fais pas de sport ! =You don't do sports!

Tu ne fais jamais de sport ! = You never do sports!

Je n'aime pas mon travail. = I don't like my job.

Je n'aime plus mon travail. = I don't like my job anymore.

Tu ne manges pas ! = You don't eat!

Tu ne manges rien ! = You eat nothing!

Nous n'allons jamais au cinéma. = We never go to the movie theater.

Elle ne va jamais à la bibliothèque. = She never goes to the library.

Vous n'allez jamais à la bibliothèque. = You never go to the library.

Je ne regarde jamais la télé. = I never watch TV.

Je n'ai jamais terminé ce livre. = I've never finished this book.

Vous n'avez jamais vu ce film ? = You've never seen this movie?

Je n'ai jamais vu ce film. = I've never seen this movie.

Asked 5 years ago

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Elizabeth F.C1KwizIQ community member

Hello. I included "You had eaten cereal this morning" among the correct answers. Why is this one wrong? Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

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Gazala K.A2KwizIQ community member

Mais, Nous sommes etudiantes

Pourquoi faut-il parler si vite? C'est tellement plus difficile à comprendre.......vraiment!!!

Asked 6 years ago

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Kalpana S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Je ne l'aime pas vs Je n'aime pas ça

Je ne l'aime pas vs. Je n'aime pas ça

Why are these not inter-changeable?

Merci de clarifier! 😊

Kalpana

Asked 2 years ago

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Anna v.C1KwizIQ community member

what to say with repeated months?

what if months are repeated, for example: The golfcours is open every year from Juin to September?

Asked 5 years ago

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J. L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

CE QUI/QUE VS QUI/QUE.

This question is not re the use of qui(subject) vs que(object) in relative clauses.

It is the concept as the lesson stated of "If it refers to the whole part of the sentence, the whole idea, then it will be ce que/ce qui."

The examples in the lesson are pretty straightforward.

But does the grammar rule "If it refers to a noun (expressed before), then you will use que/qui...TRUMP the 'concept' guidance.

In the sentence,"the oil,which was supposed to burn for a day, burned for eight days. ** Note the commas please **. The 'which' clause is not really further describing the oil. It is not similar to "the oil which(that) I used". It is pertinent to the entire miraculous situation/idea . What was incredible was that the oil burned for eight days.. nothing about the OIL itself was incredible.

Even in writing this question, the thought process gets tangled up between grammar rules and context. And here the context seem to defy the grammar rules.

Asked 4 years ago

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