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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Je n'y aurais jamais pensé moi-même Here, i wrote "Je n'y aurais jamais pensée moi-même" because i thought back to "l'idée (f)" or "l'activité principale (f) previously mentioned. Is this a thought too far ?
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Jude C.B2Kwiziq community member
translation of last sentence

Hi - how would you translate "a la fois" at the end of this piece please? Thanks

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Lauryn C.A1Kwiziq community member
C'est vs Il et Elle est

When saying something like 'It is pretty'... How do you know when you use 'c'est' vs 'Il/elle est'? 

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Amy M.C1Kwiziq community member
When main verb is in présent indicatif, which tense to use following après que?
Trying to figure out why in the first example the verb in the dependent clause (après que ...)  is in the passé composé, but in the next two examples the verb following après que is in the present.   All three examples seem similar in that the first action is completed before the action in the independent clause.    Is the difference that the final two examples express habitual actions, as mentioned in the explanation?  (Though the first example seems like it could express a habitual action as well).  I guess in English we could say either, "After they've arrived, they go and say hello to my mother" or "After they arrive, they go and say hello to my mother," so maybe it's a matter of choice whether to use the passé composé or the present (après qu'ils sont arrivés or après qu'ils arrivent; après qu'elle a sonné la cloche or après qu'elle sonne la cloche)??
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Jehan B.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Le Passe Simple, Passe Compose and Imparfait

Is there a lesson that clearly compares when to use each of these. I'm struggling to distinguish between the three and was hoping for a side by side comparison.


Thanks.

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Ozan D.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
when the main clause is present and the subordinate is imparfait

I know I can use "imparfait" for saying used to
But Can I say that
Je sais qu'il jouait au football= I know that you were playing football
does it work for pas continuos form?
I wish your helps.thanks...

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Marylee D.A1Kwiziq community member
We are from Marseilles

I am always confused about when to use the article le la l’...

We are from (de). does or does not need a    la      or a    du (de le)

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a. v.C1Kwiziq community member
cette paire de basketsI was wondering how one would write "that pair of trainers" in French and when one wants to emphasise THAT pair and not THIS pair. In the above exercise "that pair of trainers" was written as "cette paire de baskets". Can one also write "cette paire de baskets-là" to be more specific?
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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Why "ma robe a fleuris"?

One option given here for "my flowery dress" is "ma robe a fleuris."  Why not "ma robe fleuries"?

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jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
past tenses

I wonder - why you said 'j'ai passé (de nombreux après-midis)' when every other past tense is written as the imperfect? Every thing done here was a repeated past action. 

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