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Raymond F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

passée composé de montrer

Qu’est-ce que c’est le passé composé de montrer, nous avons montres? Pourquoi le s final?

Asked 5 years ago

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Derek M.B2Kwiziq community member

Passé Compose with s’en aller

I have another question about the use of passé compose with s’en aller. The text states: en will be before or after être: formally, it should be before, but in practice, it often ends up after.

Would the example Nous nous sommes en allés be better as Nous nous en sommes allés? It doesn’t seem to flow as well.

Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

english phrase

how would i translate smth like “I love my mother, but I don’t like her.” thankd

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive - past and present?

I haven't had an answer to my query re Chris' explanation, I last wrote ' The English version of this sentence is 'By the time he packed' so the answer should be 'ait fait' or the english should be 'by the time he packs' in which case the french should be ' she will already be gone' ' I now have a further query about 'By the time you were ready, the bus had already gone'. Surely 'By the time you were ready' is in the past? Is this an example of the difficulty of translating English into French? Do we not have an equivalent tense?

Asked 4 years ago

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Rod B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Would fly .. volerait?

I was marked wrong for writing: “On volerait de Paris..” instead of “On prendrait l’avion de Paris...”. Can you please explain? Thanks

Rod

Asked 6 years ago

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Nicholas T.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive after savoir in negativeWhy is it not subjunctive in “je ne sais pas ce qui s’est passé”?

Asked 5 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

A short clarification will help-suggestion only!

Since the lesson title includes (+ avoir ), the reference to se méprendre + auxiliary verb être , would be very helpful.

Asked 6 years ago

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Anabelle G.A1Kwiziq community member

Position of the adjective in a sentence

"un ogre grand comme une maison"

I've learned that adjectives that represent size (like grand, petit, gros, etc) should come before the noun. But in this sentence it is after the noun. Could someone please explain why?

Asked 5 years ago

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

T'es-tu levé à cinq heures ? Did you get up at 5?

Can you also ask this "Tu t'es levé à cinq heures ?"

Asked 4 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

à étoiles multicolores

I'm wondering why there is no article before "étoiles" in the phrase "à étoiles multicolores". I was thinking it would be "aux étoiles multicolores".

Asked 5 years ago

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