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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Naming Conventions

This may be a little arcane, but what is the general naming convention in French when using proper names from other languages that use the Latin/Roman alphabet, especially for famous persons? For example, in this exercise Leonardo Da Vinci is rendered in the French Léonard de Vinci. The Italian spelling seems to be widely used & in the States at least there has been a move towards using the native spelling of names in academic works & history books.

In English calling him Leonard from Vinci would sound really weird.

Asked 3 years ago

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Katharine H.C1Kwiziq community member

Virage why would someone use their indicator for a virage where the road can bend but it is still the same road?Shouldn’t it be tournant?

Asked 6 years ago

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D. A.B1Kwiziq community member

Petit, quand nous rendions visite...

Est-ce que les français emploient souvent des mots comme "petit" devant quand. Par exemple, pourrais-je écrire "Saoul, quand j'ai bu trop de vin, je ne me sens pas bien"

Asked 5 years ago

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shevani L.A1Kwiziq community member

responding in negative

How to respond to this question in negation ?

"Quelque chose te plait-il ?"

is it "Rien n'il me plait." ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Pucah C.A1Kwiziq community member

nationality as an adjective / noun?

Hi,
how do we know when a nationality used in a sentence is an adjective or a noun?
thank you

Asked 3 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

A very good revision

Thanks Aurelie. This is much easier to follow.

Asked 5 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Depuis + tenses

In the sentence 'Depuis la Révolution Française à la fin du XVIIIe siècle, l'architecture de Paris était restée essentiellement inchangée' why is the pluperfect 'était restée' used rather than the imperfect 'restait' ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Kim H.A2Kwiziq community member

Why not use Réussir à to say "pass an exam"?

Why is réussir à not used to express "passing an exam"? Merçi en avançe,

K H

Asked 6 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Why only 1 correct and not 3?

Hi. For Le Père Noël viendra..you accept only Santa will come..as the correct answer. Why not also Santa is coming and Santa is going to come as they all express future happenings in English ?

Cheers,

Pekka J

Helsinki

Asked 6 years ago

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Janet B.C1Kwiziq community member

Infinite Passé seems to be used without prior introduction

This lesson refers to the Infinitif Passé. I have been doing the lessons in order since level A0 and I don't think I have seen Infinitif Passé before. I figured it out, and finally noticed the link to a lesson about it at the bottom of the page, but perhaps this lesson could explain briefly what it is, rather than using the name without previous explanation.

Asked 6 years ago

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