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Sumesh A.C1Kwiziq community member
Imparfait ou passé composé

Si je changeais maintenant here you have used imparfait can I use passé composé here

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Trupti B.A1Kwiziq community member
How to make negation in passe proche? I could not find any link. Thank you.
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S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
One of the quiz questions is:Tu ________ à finir ton exercice. 
You managed to finish your exercise.HINT: Conjugate arriver (to manage) using le Passé Composé (conversational past)
The answer given is ‘es arrivé’. So, even when ‘arriver’ means ‘to manage’ rather than ‘to arrive’, & therefore doesn’t actually have anything to do with movement or coming & going, its auxiliary is still être rather than avoir?
Are there any further such instances we should bear in mind?
Thank you. 
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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"Lived through"

For Indiana Jones lived through extraordinary adventures 

I used "a vécu par" for "lived through".  Is this incorrect?

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
agreement of reflexive verbs

Can anyone refer me to the lesson as to why "je me suis brossé les dents"   brossé has no extra e and the speaker is a woman. Has to do with "les dents" being the direct object, I think, but would love to read the lesson.

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Liz K.A2Kwiziq community member
Je n’ai pas pu dormir

Can you also use ‘je ne pouvais pas dormir’ - if not why please..

Thanks 

Liz

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S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Besides s’entendre, are there any more examples of such words with more than 1 meaning depending on context?
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S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
‘Although whose tends to be less used with inanimate objects in English, dont is actually the colloquial way to express this in French.’

What word would we use in a more formal, or written context?

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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
J'ai mal aux dents

Salut a tous

If aux dents is plural how can it be translated as I have a toothache?

Merci

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Can "On a le droit à un gâteau chacun" be written as "Chacun a le droit à un gâteau"?
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