So "étions" as auxiliary "être" in imperfect (indicative) tense, 1st person plural, added to the past participle "parti" so as to construct the compound past perfect tense.

I constructed the past particle as male gender plural so, "partis". This as we have two assumed female genders (Joséphine and the writer Amélie) as well as at least one other, gender unknown, as expressed through the larger sentence, "... et avec laquelle nous étions parties".

I thought the rule for French grammar was, choose the male gender when the gender is unknown...l don't want to support patriarchy. I do want to get my grammar straight. Thanks!

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Alexandra M.B2Kwiziq community member

Use of soit - soit

I don’t understand why you say ‘soit du fromage’ but not ‘soit du travail’

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B D.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is 'jusqu'à leur terrier' better than 'à leur terrier' in '…qui semblaient occupés à transporter de la nourriture jusqu'à leur terrier'?

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Bhavani S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

hi even for this long audio recording

Vous Pouvez poséz les questions de enregistrements pour tester ?

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Noun endings

Bonjour,

For the word culture the book says it should be masculine but the ending as a feminine ending ure so shouldn't it be feminine?

Thanks

Nicole

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Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Aux environs de midi - not accepted

"Aux environs de midi" is being red-lined, although it could be cut and pasted directly from Larousse.

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/environs/30073

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Audio correction 2Hi, in the exercise step-through there is an incorrect audio recording. The text is “avec lequel vous nous appelez maintenant” and the audio contains a combined “call/telephone” answer.

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

On se reposa ensuite pendant quelques heures

What is the function of 'ensuite' in this sentence? It doesn't seem to appear in the translation ' we then rested for a few hours'. Perhaps it should be 'we then rested together for a few hours.'?

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imperfect vs. Passé Composé Often a problem! I had two different rationales for determining the tense in the first sentence, i.e. "I've never had glasses before." My first thought was that the word 'avant' suggested passé composé, i.e. referring to an event in the past. Upon further consideration, the fact that glasses were not worn in the past seemed to me to be a continuing action, i.e. not wearing glasses over an extended period of time, and therefore called for the imperfect tense. I talked myself out of the first choice and opted for the second, which turned out to be a mistake. Why is the second rationale wrong?

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