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Wendy W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pluperfect quiz Quand on s'était arrêtées dans un café,Quand on s'était arrêtées dans un café,

Asked 3 years ago

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Abdul Q.B1Kwiziq community member

why we use va with vous

in this expression: Ça vous va

Why we use va with vous, isn't it should be allez with vous?

Asked 2 years ago

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tiny hands / to grab

Instead of "avec ses mains minuscules" for "with his tiny hands", could you also say "avec ses toutes petites mains" ?

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instead of the verb "attraper" could i have used "se saisir de" and said "il s'est saisi de mon pouce" ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jane M.A0Kwiziq community member

why is come from a city plural Je viens instead of je vien

Asked 2 years ago

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Chukwuemeka O.A2Kwiziq community member

Parti vs Partie in passé composé

Bonjour. Thanks for your work and learning resources. I have a question.

In the attention note, shouldn't "I left [from] Paris" be "Je suis parti de paris" without the "e" at the end of "parti" ?

Asked 1 year ago

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Jangir G.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

If the city name begins with a vowel, de becomes d'Je viens de Hong Kong.

Why "de Hong Kong" and not "d'Hong Kong" ? Is it because city name consists of two words ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Rebecca L.C1Kwiziq community member

Passer vs. se passer -- partie deux

Today, I got the same question: "Sarah ________ la salade à Michel," but this time the answer was "passe," with no reflexive pronoun!

The same question can NOT have different answers. Please explain, this is driving me crazy!

Asked 1 year ago

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Christopher P.C1Kwiziq community member

Les livres étalent leur savoir devant l'agenda et le répertoire

Hi,

Can someone please explain what this means? Although I have known French for decades, it really didn't seem to make any sense. To be honest, I am very surprised this is level A1, as even I struggled with it and I got really confused when trying to complete the dictation, especially with this sentence.

Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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John M.C1Kwiziq community member

B2 Grammar: Relative Pronoun Dont

In the sentence:

You threw away the shoe with the broken heel

Would the following be an acceptable translation, instead of using as in the example?

Tu as jeté la chaussure avec le talon cassé .

Asked 3 years ago

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Chuot M.A1Kwiziq community member