I am a little confused. The lesson says that in the negative, de l' becomes d' (in front of a vowel or silent h). However, the example given: C'est de l'huile d'olive ? -Non, ce n'est pas de l'huile d'olive.

Shouldn't it then be: Ce n'est pas d'huile d'olive.

In a related doubt, are these sentences correct:

Tu as de l'argent? Non, Je n'ai plus de l'argent. (Do you have some money? No, I do not have any money.)

or should it be: Non, je n'ai plus d'argent.

Asked 6 years ago

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Marie F.B2Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Pronunciation of "tous" in "Nous mourons tous un jour"

In the audio file for the sentence "Nous mourons tous un jour" in this lesson, the word "tous" has a silent s (IPA [tu]). Why is this? I understood that when "tous" is used as an indefinite pronoun to refer to a group of people like this, the s should be pronounced (IPA [tus]). Have I misunderstood something here? I would appreciate any help on this :)

Asked 5 years ago

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Valerie O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Gregory is going away for the holidays"

I selected "pour" yet the answer also included pendant/durant. My understanding is that the latter has to specify a time duration. But this statement doesn't. Can you explain why it can be considered a correct way to translate the sentence? Thanks. Valerie

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I can not clearly understand the verbs used with "de" and à

I have 2 questions
1-
can I use indirect object or direct object before the verb for "penser à" when I talk about people?
and what is the rule for
Je pense à Lui(tom)
je lui pense or je le pense?? (does it work with any of them?)
2-how can I inverted imperatif with penser à for people
pense à moi or pense moi (whicj one is true?)

Asked 5 years ago

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Charityg U.A0Kwiziq community member

What is 6:25pm in French and why can't Google bring out the answer to because to me, I have been searching for it since morning. Can someone help?

Asked 4 years ago

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Svetlana K.A2Kwiziq community member

Is it right to use excité here?>Les filles étaient tout excitées de voir le feu d'artifice.

I might be wrong, but I hear everywhere that "excité" has a sexual connotation in French, unlike in English. If it's right, I think it would be better to change the adjective here.

Asked 5 years ago

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A. Bryce L.C1Kwiziq community member

Wine vocabulary

"Plonk" in english means an "ordinary, cheap, possibly inferior" wine. It does not mean bad wine. Does "la piquette" mean bad, or inferior, or both ??

Asked 2 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu quittes Narbonne

This question distinctly says 'you leave (from) Narbonne' . Narbonne is the port or station or airport from which your transport leaves. Such a construction 'from Narbonne' does not imply that you live there or have any other connection with it other than as ypour point of departure. Quitter seems to me entirely wrong. Unless I am mistaken, quitter implies leaving somewhere you have been for some time, for good. I also don't understand why it is used in the ' leaving work at 7pm' exercise. Thats something the subject may well do every day. Why is quitter appropriate as opposed to partir?

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