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Jack G.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of definite articles

J'ai choisi de faire .... qui combine langue, littérature et civilisation étrangères, Why do the three subject nouns not include a definite article ?

Asked 3 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Whether to use le and la with negation

HI,

I have been reading the responses to the questions below. Am I correct to assume that the way to use the indefinite articles with negation is if it's a general statement?

For example.

J'aime ni le café ni le thé

Je veux ni fromage ni oignon

Merci

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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barbz L.A1Kwiziq community member

Save PDF

Is there a way to save these lists as PDF

Asked 4 years ago

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Kimber H.B2Kwiziq community member

Wondering why you have not explained that

"Papaoutai" = "Papa où t'es"?

Asked 4 years ago

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jill a.C1Kwiziq community member

use of a (with accent acuteI) plus infinitive

I am reading an easy french novel and am confused about the grammer in these instances:

Il ne vous reste qu'a (with accent acute) vous enfuir.

qu'est-ce que j'ai a (with accent acute) perdre

why is the enfuir not conjugated, and preceded by the a?

why do you need the a before the perdre?

thanks for your help

Jill

Asked 4 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“qui lui ont” sounds like “qui l’ont”...

...in the following:

“et qui lui ont promis de lui montrer la vie...”

“et qui lui ont promis de lui faire découvrir la vie...”

Is this (a) a mistake, (b) just my ears missing the sound, or (c) a natural French abbreviation (a bit like “tu as” being pronounced as “ta”)?

Asked 5 years ago

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Raymond F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

a ce que

Qui fait les mots "à ce que" dans la phrase suivant: "Vous aurez pu le rejoindre d'ici à ce que je sorte du travail"?

Asked 2 years ago

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Don R.C1Kwiziq community member

Le clou de ce séjour

I'm inferring from the context that "clou" here means something like "highlight" or perhaps "grand finale", but I was unable to anything like this sense in the reference materials that I have on hand. "The nail of this stay" doesn't make a lot of sense to me, so I figure it has to mean something else.

Help in sorting this out will be appreciated.

Asked 3 years ago

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Gabriele G.A1Kwiziq community member

j'ai or je suis

When do I use j'ai or je suis because they both mean the same thing so I don't know when's the time to use which I have

Asked 1 year ago

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Kaimaru N.C1Kwiziq community member

Ensuite vs puis

Why can't i use ensuite instead of puis in this sentence?

"puis fera une escale à Paris avant de prendre un autre vol pour Montpellier. "