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Jilly C.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of 'en train de'Can I say 'je suis en train de lire ce livre' if I am reading the book but not actually at that moment?

Asked 3 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Other verbs

Are there other verbs who follow this same pattern: ie. they can be conjugated in the past tense using either 'etre' or 'avoir'? The verb that comes to mind is:

'Paraitre'?

Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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Janet P.C1Kwiziq community member

S'occuper de and prendre soin de

Bonjour, I wrote 'Sonia va s'occuper de vous' and it was marked wrong and replaced with 'Sonia va prendre soin de vous' and yet in the replay s'occuper is used which is puzzling.

Asked 3 years ago

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Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

...certaines feuilles ressemblent même à de l'or !

Why is "de" necessary before "l'or" in this sentence since we're speaking of gold in a general sense?

Also, the prompt asked for "At night" but my translation "La nuit" was corrected to "Le soir". Shouldn't this be for "In the evening"? Thank you for your help!

Asked 6 years ago

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Rafale de vent

James asked this question a year ago but no answer. I also used rafales for gusts having never encountered bourrasques before.

Asked 3 years ago

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clare k.C1Kwiziq community member

Why are they using « Qu'est-ce qu'ils ». Oh là là ! Qu'est-ce qu'ils allaient s'ennuyer. There is no question?

Asked 3 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Missing word?

Line 2:

Oh, mes rhumatismes me dérangent un peu......

Is the 'me' before dérangent missing? I've listened several times but can't hear it.

Asked 3 years ago

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Janice B.C1Kwiziq community member

Moi comme Gruff e Keith je ne fête pas Thanksgiving mais je l’ai fait une fois quand on avais des invités canadienes à la maison

Asked 5 years ago

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O. A.B1Kwiziq community member

Liaison - je n’ai pas envie de partager.

Hi,

Is there a reason why is there no liaison of the words ´pas envié in the final sentence of this exercise-´Enfin, j’adore les bonbons mais je n’ai pas envie de partager’?

Asked 3 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why fin janvier?

Why "fin janvier" but not "a la fin de janvier"

Asked 1 year ago

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