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DanielleC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No sound on recording...

It cuts out mid-way through.

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AnnC1Kwiziq community member

In the first sentence, Français is capitalized; I thought that nationalities were not capitalized: example: Je suis française. Is that incorrect?

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BrianC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Function of “ne”With reference to “Ma nièce de 13 ans, elle, ne jure que par Soprano”. I see that “jurer que” means “swears”, giving us “My 13-year-old niece swears by Soprano”, but what is the “ne” doing there? I don’t think it’s the “ne explétif”, and I also don’t think it’s meant to create a “ne … que” ( = only) structure. But how & why is it there?

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JannatB2Kwiziq community member

Rien and aucun

Can anyone explain to me the difference between rien and aucun?Thanks

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WhiteA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

avec vue ?

Why is there no article for "vue"? That is, why "avec vue sur la mer" and not "avec une vue sur la mer"? Merci!

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KevinB2Kwiziq community member

verb endings when using être in the passé composéWhy not plural i.e. with an 's' when we are talking about 'we'?Nous ________ les cheveux. We brushed our hair(HINT: Conjugate "se brosser" (to brush) in the compound past (Passé Composé))nous sommes brossénous sommes brossés

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VivianA2Kwiziq community member

dans & en

With dans, am I physically in the place? I’m trying to understand, clearly the difference between en & dans. Thank you.

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Patrick C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Unclear speech.

The speech on this recording is very unclear. I really struggled to make out the words, even after listening to each phrase multiple times.

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KevinB2Kwiziq community member

la tinne le tien

why is it feminine in this case?

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BrianC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Red Noses

With regard to “avec nos lèvres gercées, notre chair de poule constante et nos nez écarlates !”

As people have one nose each, should this be “… et notre nez écarlate !”?

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