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Ash D.C1Kwiziq community member

Jusqu'en

I have a question about when subjects are going somewhere. Sometimes we use "à____". why is this different?

"on naviguerait jusqu'en Martinique "

Why jusqu'en?

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"...parce que rien ne m'était familier."

Could you please explain the reason for the inversion of the negative "ne...rien" in this sentence? Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Bob M.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is one of these sentence using plaire correct and the other wrong?

I cannot understand at all what the difference is between the phrases below using plaire. It seems to me both are possible but only one is correct according to Kwiziq:

Ce restaurant nous plait vs Ce restaurant plait a nous

Please forgive the lack of accents

Asked 4 years ago

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Don C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A recent test question: Write "I play tennis.": Je ________ tennis

This question was on a test. Write "I play tennis.": Je ________ tennis. Did I understand the lesson correctly?

Does the answer match what the lesson is teaching? (I can't see or remember either at this moment, but I copied the question before leaving the test page.)

Asked 6 years ago

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John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English translation of the exercise

It would be helpful to get an English translation at the end of the exercise For example, I’m not very clear what dans son assiette means.

Asked 5 years ago

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Maren W.C1Kwiziq community member

Il me veut versus Il veut que...

I understand the construction and use of "Il veut que j'aille acheter du lait.", but I wonder if "Il me veut acheter du lait" is any less correct? Thanks!

Asked 5 years ago

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Dottie F.B2Kwiziq community member

Confusion about manquer example

Why does the example of manquer have this example: “Jacques a raté son train”?

Asked 5 years ago

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John W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Confusion between two possible answers

For the question 'In spite of herself Katia started to hope' I used 'en dépit d'elle'. This was marked wrong and malgré given as the correct answer. What am I missing here? The lesson says that you can use either.

Asked 6 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

-CER verbs will take ç in front of an -a, while -GER verbs take extra e in front of -a.

Could be an improvement over the current phrasing. And -GUER doesn't need explanation as it fits the general rule as would -IER verbs.

Asked 6 years ago

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Margaret F.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Adjectives in the right place

I could not understand the phrase "un bon pour les cheveux shampooing" so could not put words in right order.

Asked 4 years ago

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