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Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Un acteur une actrice

Asked 9 years ago

Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

juste au cas où and au cas oùHello, In the examples given juste au cas où and au cas où both translate as just in case when at the end of a sentence. Is there a way to know when to add juste, or is it entirely optional? Thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

Len F.C1Kwiziq community member

Je sais la vérité + Je connais la vérité both appear above. Both ok?

Asked 8 years ago

T.G. O.A1Kwiziq community member

When is the formula "finir + de" used? I noticed this in a few of the examples, where it was "conjugated form of finir + de + infinitive verb"

Asked 6 years ago

diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

la céréale- tous ses céréales? Tom's first day back to school

c'est correct? "et il a mangé tous ses céréales"

Asked 5 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En pleine ville, en plein Paris ?Why is the masculine form "plein" used for Paris even though ville is feminine. Is "plein" used for all cities ?

Asked 9 years ago

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

un garçon vilainApparently vilain comes before the noun, but doesn't that adjective put the boy into a distinct category? and thus shouldn't it come after the noun? On the other hand lots of adjectives that come before the noun seem to me to put them into categories too. Such as genteel....How to see the difference?

Asked 8 years ago

Michelle P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

D'en--how to you it and it is required?

As you don't have a skill relating to d'en, I'm linking this to the skill related to de phrases and en.

I'm guessing that d'en, as I keep hearing it, replaces "des/de + noun" (though I'm still somewhat confused about it). But it is really necessary to use d'en? Couldn't you just use le/la/les (or in some cases, ça/cela). As in "J'aurais mieux fait d'en prendre." could I just say "J'aurais mieux fait les prendre"?? If d'en is required, how do I know when I need to use it as opposed to le/la/les (apart from 'fixed' expressions like "d'en haut")?

Asked 7 years ago

John I.B2Kwiziq community member

Verb conjuction after Chaqun(e) des .....I noticed in the examples the conjugation is in the singular form and not plural, ie, chaqune des femmes apporte un plat (and not apportent un plat). Is there a simple way to explain this for me to remember (ie I want to say "chaqune des femmes" is more than one lady, so it is "they", so it's "elles apportent". I know its not the case here, but not sure why...?)

Asked 9 years ago

Jayani P.A2Kwiziq community member

When exactly we should use depuis with present?

Asked 10 years ago

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