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Rachael B.C1Kwiziq community member

Using l' instead of la "Oui, je voudrais une tarte tatin s'il vous plaît, mais je l'aimerais réchauffée et vous mettrez la boule de glace sur le côté"

I am just wondering why it is not "mais je la aimerais réchauffée..." as she is talking about 'une tarte tatin'.

Cheers.

Asked 5 years ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"I'm sure that you are going to find something you love! "

Surely the suggested (in the final translation) is lacking in the latter part of the sentence. Shouldn't there be "quelque chose que vous aimez" added? How is this inferred?

Asked 4 years ago

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Alexandra M.B2Kwiziq community member

Usefulness of this type of literary language.

I did not find this text very useful. Too much language that we are unlikely to encounter in everyday French.

Asked 5 years ago

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Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What happens when you refer to this idea later?

How would I say, " Reading is my favorite pass-time, it relaxes me"? Where "it" refers to reading.

Asked 4 years ago

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Jack G.C1Kwiziq community member

Reflexive verbs

One of he correct answers to "We're going to have to hurry then!" was - "- Nous allons devoir nous dépêcher alors ! " Shouldn't that be nous se dépêcher? Or nous nous dépêcher? Se dépêcher = to hurry, dépêcher = to dispatch?

Asked 5 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Moudre passe simple

Vous devriez ajoute 'moudre' a la liste des verbes irregulier

Asked 4 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Shampoo and shampoo bottle

Checking a couple of points

Both 'shampoing' and 'shampooing' are formally accepted and used spellings, but the latter is being 'corrected' to the former here.

A 'bottle' of shampoo is mostly advertised and sold as 'un flacon' - ' j'ai fini le flacon ' is not accepted as correct though.

https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9S1514-A

https://www.carrefour.fr/p/shampoing-cheveux-normaux-carrefour-soft-3560070965137

https://www.e.leclerc/fp/dercos-psolution-shampooing-traitant-keratoreducteur-3337875787222

Asked 1 year ago

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Ron B.C1Kwiziq community member

de peur que _ _ _ _

Correct answer : de peur qu'il n'y ait une fuite de gaz. Can de peur qu'il ne soit une fuite de gaz be used to mean the same thing ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Dans ces moments-là

I was intrigued by "dans ces moments-là" which is dropped into the examples without explanation of the choice of preposition. Maybe because it’s a generalisation, which doesn’t reference a particular time? I can’t see that it’s down to the choice of "moment" because you can say "en ce moment".

Asked 3 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using reflexive with faire

HI,

I was wondering there are two ways you can use to getting used to in a sentence. From my understanding would it be correct to use se Faire for the causative for having something done for someone just like the regular Faire causative? Also would you use s'habituer for the most common?

Thank you

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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