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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I want to spend timeWhy is "Je veux que je passe" not acceptable?

Asked 5 years ago

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Dimeon v.C1Kwiziq community member

à qui vs. auquel

Good day
Please see the question below:
La France est dotée d'un territoire aux climats et aux reliefs variés, grâce ________ sa production agricole est très diversifiée.

I wrote "à qui", but it was marked incorrect, saying that "auquel" is the only correct answer. Why is "à qui" unacceptable in this context?

Asked 3 years ago

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Raymond F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

prochain position relative to nouns

position of prochain relative to nouns

Asked 4 years ago

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John R.A2Kwiziq community member

Usage of vous to indicate from you in the sentence ‘.... je vous ai acheté la dernière fois.’ I would have expected comme j’ai acheté de vous...

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Jaya R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Direct to indirect speech Reported speech. I have a doubt in the following question.

Une mère dit a son fils "Qu'est-ce qui t’intéresse beaucoup?"

Une mère dit a son fils ce qui l’intéresse beaucoup or Une mère dit a son fils ce qui lui intéresse beaucoup.

Please clarify. TIA.

Asked 3 years ago

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

Exercise skipping forward

I know that this is not a question related to grammar or vocabulary, but I don't see where else to address the problem since there is no link to report an issue.

While doing this exercise it skipped forward before I could give myself a grade. Because of this, my score was five points lower. Not a big deal, but a little discouraging, since I would have given myself a close to perfect score. Just wondering why this happens sometimes?

Asked 3 years ago

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Peggie H.A2Kwiziq community member

on va

How does one - are we going to the cinema?- My answer was Est ce qu'on va au cinema. the correct answer was on va au cinema. Was it not a question?

Asked 3 years ago

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dont was used to mean whose earlier

dont was whose earlier but know means of whom/which. i'm getting muddled even thogh ive just gone through lessons again. Can some one make it a little simpler please. Or just a different explaination

Asked 4 years ago

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Charles T.C1Kwiziq community member

Negative use of falloir

I just opened a french novel and the first line is: "Il ne faut pas que l'on nous voie." I searched for negative statements like this on Lawless and found the example here: "Il ne faut pas que nous mangions avec les doigts." So I guess putting the 'ne . . . pas' round 'faut' is correct. It seems strange to me as an Anglophone. If I were making this up, I guess I would say: "Il faut que nous ne mangions pas avec les doigts." Is that incorrect?

Asked 3 years ago

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Austin S.C1Kwiziq community member

Paragraph 3: "tout ce que j'avais a faire"

In paragraph 3 why does "j'avais" denote an obligation (to have to) instead of it being "je devais"?

Asked 3 years ago

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