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Petros S.B1Kwiziq community member

Future or notNote that in French, if you're using après + [verbe], we consider that this action always takes place in the past of when you're speaking.

Interesting. So why are there examples given wherein both actions take place in the future? Such as:

Après avoir fini ma dissertation, je commencerai mes révisions.After finishing my essay, I will start studying for my exam.

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mary n.C1Kwiziq community member

2 questions: 1)use of the verb Rester 2) Subjunctive of Finir?

Please can you explain why 'Rester" is used in this answer to a test question rather than simply using the future of to sit and, secondly why not 'il finisse' after jusqu'à ce que?

How would you say "Ben will sit at that desk until after he's finished his homework." ?Ben restera assis à ce bureau jusqu'à ce qu'il ait fini ses devoirs.

(I did post this earlier in the week but have not had a response. many thanks)

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Michelle M.A2Kwiziq community member

Why is Guadeloupe missing from the list? They are French speaking.

What about Guadeloupe?

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

En train de dormir or endormis?What would be the best way to say "I knocked at the door, but you were sleeping."?

Would était endormis bé acceptable here?

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stephen n.C1Kwiziq community member

Why do we say l'emblématique fondue, and not la fondue emblématique

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Shradha P.A0Kwiziq community member

How can we know when to add de and when to add des

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Keith J.A1Kwiziq community member

En la for a Feminie Country

One of the quiz questions was "Le Comte Dracula habite _____________ Roumanie.

I wrote "en la" because I assumed, per the regular rule, that Romania is feminine (therefore takes -en) and is a country, not a city, and would require the article "la". Since the sentence is not about going-to or coming/being-from, it would require the article, n'est-ce pas?

Asked 6 years ago

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Tan M.A2Kwiziq community member

La or Lui?In these examples:
Je peux la rencontrer aujourd'hui.I can meet her today.
Nous allons lui parler.We are going to talk to her.
I dont understand why "her" is "la" in the first and lui and the second. When to use la or lui for feminine?

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Olivia D.Kwiziq community member

Using the verb aller in the correct formAjourd'hui, moi je ____au cafe pour etudier.

Et toi, saliva tu___a la biblioteque, nest-ce pas?

Ce soir, nous___ au cinema pour regarded un documentaries.

Annette et ses amis___au gymnastics pour s'etrainer.

Moi et mon frere, nous____a la maisonette pour diner avec nose parents.