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James H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Au cas où or juste au cas où, when do you insert juste?

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Soit comma usage

In your first two examples I see: "soit du fromage, soit un dessert" and then "j'aimerais soit une tablette soit un nouveau portable." I've looked to no avail to find an explanation for the usage/non-usage of a comma in the two phrases. Could you please elucidate?

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Jo T.A2Kwiziq community member

Speed - c'est tres difficile comprendre

Est-ce qu'en peux faire les mots vont plus lentement. Je ne comprends pas. C'est trop vite!

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

pronunciation of FOIS and MOIS

In this lesson, these two words sounded like 'Foy" and 'Moy" (like the english word 'toy'). A subsequent lesson on adjectives that change meaning according to position had the speaker (a male) pronounce them like' Mwa' and ' Fwa'. ( Google translate and Forvo used the latter pronunciation too) . Could some one please shed light on this?

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Sean D.B2Kwiziq community member

Last Week vs. That Week

Why is this sentence "Tu m'as bien aidé cette semaine-là." translated as last week and not that week? Merci!

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deeplaxmi p.A2Kwiziq community member

Could you also explain how To use avoir beau

How and when to use avoir beau

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Not explained in lesson?

This lesson doesn’t explain why sont isn’t necessary in the sentence: Ils brûlent tous. They ARE burning all the books. I got this wrong with no explanation as to why. Help? Thanks.

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Bernardo K.A1Kwiziq community member

Double pronom phrase

<< Vous les montrez à mon père et vous ________ ensuite. >>

The answer is : << me les montrez >>

Why isn't << les montrez à moi >> allowed in this case?

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Dr Michael E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le mot « juste » devant au cas où me semble être une faute.

À ma connaissance, le mot juste est une calque sur français du mot « just » en anglais. « Just » est un adverbe en anglais, mais je le crois un adjectif en français. Par exemple: « ce que tu dis est juste » en français, mais on ne dit pas « je suis juste arrivé ». One dirait « je viens d’arriver » pour éviter le calque erroné , mais je pense que « juste au cas où » est INCORRECT.

Pourrait-on clarifier ce point de grammaire pour moi? Merci beaucoup

Dr Michael Elinski

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Louis T.A1Kwiziq community member

Some assistance required

What does one base on to add "du" "de la" "de l' "? ........

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