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Neil H.A2Kwiziq community member

Adjectives ending in -er become -ère in the feminine

This question referring to visitors either visiteurs or visiteuses has a reference to adjectives ending in "er" becoming "ere" in the feminine. Could you please explain how this is relevant? I'm really missing something here.

Regards,

Neil

Asked 3 years ago

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I earned only 1000euros

Lesson says says que go before what the only is related to

. As he earned only 1000 I put que before 1000 but it is marked wrong. Please explain

Asked 4 years ago

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Kalpana S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a problem with the English prompt?

The sentence asks how one would translate: "If she could fly, she would go to the moon." ?

My sense is that this is misleading because "if she could fly" is conditional not past continuous. Shouldn't it read "If she flew, she would go to the moon" to avoid confusion?

Thanks, Kalpana

Asked 3 years ago

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Ozan D.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Are there any differences between them

Je ne mange plus jamais

Je ne mange jamais plus

Asked 5 years ago

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Frantz L.A2Kwiziq community member

Aller and reflexive passé composé

My understanding of "être" in passé composé is that it's supposed to be used for reflexive verbs. If this were true, then "je suis allée" would imply, in the present tense "je me vais", which isn't correct. Could someone explain this?

Asked 1 year ago

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J. R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is the past perfect used, rather than the passé composé? Bonjour! These writing exercises are absolutely fantastic resources that I'm enjoying very much. A little question, however: I'm also going to raise (or re-raise) Meryl's question about why the French past perfect is used, rather than the passé composé, to translate what looks like the past simple in English. I've never knowingly come across this usage before, but I've seen it now in a couple of these writing exercises and wonder if I have overlooked something. Perhaps it's a matter of perspective -- perhaps this is an extract from a longer passage where the writer has just been writing about the past, and then for these first few lines, goes back further into the past? (Though strictly speaking, you'd mirror that with "had rented" and "had travelled" in English.) The last line of the text does actually use the passé composé. Many thanks!

A few years back, when I still lived in Brittany, my cousin Sarah and I rented a camper [US: RV] and for two weeks, we travelled up and down the west coast of France. ... During that trip, we also learned how to change a tire...
Il y a quelques années, quand je vivais encore en Bretagne, ma cousine Sarah et moi avions loué un camping-car et pendant deux semaines, nous avions voyagé partout sur la côte atlantique française. .... Pendant ce voyage, nous avons aussi appris à changer une roue...

Asked 2 years ago

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Tom A.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Vous a-t-il appelé

I was wondering why it wasn't Vous a-t-il appelée - because Emma is feminine ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En replacing a prepositional phrase beginning with "de"La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________ respecter les limites. The correct answer is "en", but it is seems to me that what must be respected is "la liberte", not "d'expression" which is not a phrase, but a modifier of la liberte.

Asked 3 years ago

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Shobana R.C1Kwiziq community member

En attendant Aline - Why do we use Le Futur Antérieur ?

In the activity "En attendant Aline (Le Futur Antérieur)"

It's two in the morning, she must have had an accident! Il est deux heures du matin, elle aura eu un accident !

As per my understanding, Futur Anterieur is used for "past" (anterior) events in the future. In this context, there is no future.. They are discussing the possibilities in the past. Could someone else explain. I went through the lessons on Futur Anterieur and did the quizzes. I was able to understand clearly. But this particular activity, I could not understand. Please help.

Asked 4 years ago

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Zyydaqt G.Kwiziq community member

How to make this an imparfait sentence

I use to play golf with my grandfather

Asked 5 years ago

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