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Kathleen P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"pas un musée"why is there no elision between 'pas' and 'un'?

Asked 5 years ago

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Si B.B1Kwiziq community member

il n'en est venu aucun.......??

Bonjour,

I found very interesting sentence causing me a headache.... "Il n'en est venu aucun".

According to lessons, the sentence is negated by placing the two parts of the negation on each side of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) in a compound sentence like the passé..

However, as you can see in this sentence, one part of negation, "aucun" is located at the end of sentence. And I found this sentence from a dictionary and so there must be no grammer problem...

I've been searching and googling for hours but did not get any to understand the sentence...So, May I ask someone to kindly explain this please?

Thank you so much in advance!

Asked 5 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Shouldn't avoir be conjugated as "tu nous as bien eus" ?

The third to last sentence reads: "Tu nous a bien eus !" Without the object or adverb, I think it would read, "Tu as eu." So why "a" instead of "as" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Lina S.C1Kwiziq community member

Nous les avons préparés nous-mêmes

If préparer is a regular verb why do we use it with 's' in past tense?

Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Avery E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Context for using "tant mieux"

Hi there,

I'm wondering how "tant mieux" would be used in conversation; that is, what are some common things that people say where the other person would reply using "tant mieux"?

Merci!

Asked 6 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Spelling mistakes

I am 68 years old and a habitually bad speller on computers. Does Kwizik actually believe that constantly repeating a particular question is somehow going to improve my spelling on computers

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Une parade ?

In what sense is 'une parade' used here - and can you point to a reference for its use please ? I am guessing it may mean 'solution' - but would expect 'trouver une solution' to be used. Alternatively, perhaps it is derived from the verbal expression 'parer à qqc', but if so, I can't find in the many different standard references I have looked at - nor in a search of French slang online - a meaning of the noun '(une) parade' that would fit here.

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Suzanne D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sans reveil

Why is it incorrect to use a definite/indefinite article? Le reveil, un reveil

Asked 5 years ago

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phillida c.A2Kwiziq community member

un peu / plutot

why do you have to say " c'est plutot difficile?" and not c'est un peu difficile?

Asked 6 years ago

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