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K. W.C1Kwiziq community member

English name/explanation of this lesson

Hello: I understand the rule being explained here and am pretty comfortable using it. But I'm struggling with the English explanation/translation in the title of the lesson, specifically the term "Cause for," as in "Pour (+être) allé = Cause for going/having gone" - can anyone help explain? I'm trying not to overthink it, but my inability to understand the principle being articulated here is now making me doubt my previous intuitive understanding of this construction, lol. Thanks in advance for any insights!

Asked 3 years ago

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Arnela K.A2Kwiziq community member

Should not ces be translated as these ?

I think there is a mistake made regarding 'ces 'which is translated as those and not these.

Asked 4 years ago

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Ashley T.Kwiziq community member

Is there ever a situation where you would use tout que/qui instead of tout ce qui/que?

Title. Trying to figure out if you must have the "ce" or if there are situations where it is not present.

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Oui, je me suis fait la même réflexion...

A woman is speaking, so why is there no agreement, i.e. faite, in this use of the reflexive se faire?

Asked 3 years ago

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Nicola S.C1Kwiziq community member

Why can’t you say’.. envie du chocolat ‘. In your grammas section you do say that ‘de’ should be contracted according to number and gender

Asked 4 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

On avait,alors,ouvert les rideaux pour découvrir, éberlués...

Hi,

In the sentence 'On avait alors,ouvert les rideaux pour découvrir, éberlués..etc'

Why is 'éberlués' not singular to agree with'on'.

Is it because plurality is implied?

Is there a lesson on this to clarify?

Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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Harlan S.B1Kwiziq community member

Autre chose et quelques chose d'autre

I thought that "turc" referred to a Turkish man and that "turque" referred to a Turkish woman. The correct answer indicates that "turque" refers to a Turkish man. Please explain why my answer was marked as incorrect.

Harlan

Asked 5 years ago

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Kelly C.C1Kwiziq community member

Spent time doing?

If I were to say: I spend my holidays relaxing, would the translation be “j’ai passé mes vacances” “en relaxant” or “à relaxer”?

Thanks!

Asked 5 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire un tour

Can we say je voyagerai autour l’Europe in place of Je ferai le tour de l’Europe?