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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of flâner and Le flâneur

Are flâner and Le flâneur (to wander, wanderer) commonly used in conversation or are they more literary?

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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How is this not general

"Les enfants demandent des bonbons". I used "du" as the bonbons are not counted. Am I to use "des" because the bonbons CAN be counted, even though they are not in this sentence?

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I. U.C1Kwiziq community member

peur du vide vs le vertige

So in an earlier exercise, "I love swimming," you had a possible answer for fear of heights as "peur du vide" but not in this one. Is there a reason why?

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Dhiraj J.A1Kwiziq community member

Leur pouce vs Le/La/Les pouce

Elsewhere on the site, there is an example sentence: Ils sucent encore leur pouce. They're still sucking their thumbs. Why doesn't leur pouce become le/la/les pouce(s)?

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Dhiraj J.A1Kwiziq community member

Question on an exampleVous pensez qu'elle chante bien.You think (that) she sings well.Can I understand why bien above is not feminine. I thought it would be given that both the girl singing and the word song in french are female?

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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?

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SC V.C1Kwiziq community member

etait donne?