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Winston K.C1Kwiziq community member

Can we say 'comment vont-ils vos enfants' ?

I had a test question to fill in the blanks: comment ___ vos enfants?

I put : vont-ils

The answer is : vont

I don't understand why I am wrong. If so, how to express the same meaning with inverted question? Thanks.

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How can I compare verbs in compound tenses? what are their position?

elle a plus mangé que moi or elle a mangé plus que moi
Blandine a joué plus au tennis que toi. (is it valid?)

Blandine a joué au tennis plus que toi. (is it valid?)

Blandine a plus joué au tennis que toi. (is it valid?)

which ones of them are valid?

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Avoir besoin de, devoir : sentences comparison

The examples:

1. J’ai besoin d’aller faire les courses avant le dîner and

2. Je dois aller faire les courses avant dîner

I understand that in 1. the noun is used and in 2. the verb but in 2. could you also say

Je dois aller faire les courses avant le dîner ?

I’m asking because my mind translates 2. as - i need to go shopping before dining.

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Tim S.A2Kwiziq community member

a question about ''closes'' versus ''will close''

Why is the translation 'Le club fermera dans dix minutes" wrong in answer to the question "The club closes in 10 minutes''

when 'fermera' translates to 'will close' Or 'The club will close in 10 minutes'

But 'Le club ferme dans dix minutes' is the correct answer. Surely 'will close' and 'closes' is the same meaning.

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Kathleen B.A2Kwiziq community member

too hard

I have no idea what this story is about. Very frustrating. Also, the audio was way too fast and running together.

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Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

les soirs où tu n'es pas là

Why is it "là" instead of "ici"?

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Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'était très rapide.

Can we use "vite" instead of rapide?

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D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

C'est vs. Elle est

In the last sentence, I used "Elle est" but was corrected to "C'est" and referred to the lesson for using c'est vs. elle/il est when saying "it is." I was confused by this, however, because I wasn't trying to say "it is" -- I was trying to say "she is," referring to Marc's daughter. What is the reason for the last sentence using "C'est"?

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Ron B.C1Kwiziq community member

un crayonIn the back to school exercise a pencil is translated as un crayon a papier. When I was at school 80 years ago, un crayon always meant a pencil. Would un crayon no longer be understood to mean a pencil when placed in une trousse ?

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Lucien J.C1Kwiziq community member

Frenchshort stories

I would have expected 'un conte' to be a 'short story'. I was under the impression that 'Une nouvelle' tends to be a long short story. Thus 'Bel-Ami' is a 'roman', 'Boule de Suif' is a 'nouvelle' but 'Une Vendetta' is a 'conte'. What do you think/?

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