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Shir W.A1Kwiziq community member

Is there a relationship between pronouncing the final "s" and being a negative context?

"Note that because plus is used in a negative context here, you don't pronounce the final "s"."

Asked 6 years ago

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Richard S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Au cas où

I understand, when I remember, how to use ‘au cas où’.

However, why can’t you use ‘il me faudrait’ after it, rather than ‘je devrais’. Both are in the conditional tense, and both mean (I think) ‘I must’.

Anyone know please?

Here’s the relevant question, a translation of ‘in case I have to go out again’, which was marked as wrong: au cas où il me faudrait ressortir

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James H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Au cas où or juste au cas où, when do you insert juste?

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Soit comma usage

In your first two examples I see: "soit du fromage, soit un dessert" and then "j'aimerais soit une tablette soit un nouveau portable." I've looked to no avail to find an explanation for the usage/non-usage of a comma in the two phrases. Could you please elucidate?

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Jo T.A2Kwiziq community member

Speed - c'est tres difficile comprendre

Est-ce qu'en peux faire les mots vont plus lentement. Je ne comprends pas. C'est trop vite!

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

pronunciation of FOIS and MOIS

In this lesson, these two words sounded like 'Foy" and 'Moy" (like the english word 'toy'). A subsequent lesson on adjectives that change meaning according to position had the speaker (a male) pronounce them like' Mwa' and ' Fwa'. ( Google translate and Forvo used the latter pronunciation too) . Could some one please shed light on this?

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Sean D.B2Kwiziq community member

Last Week vs. That Week

Why is this sentence "Tu m'as bien aidé cette semaine-là." translated as last week and not that week? Merci!

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deeplaxmi p.A2Kwiziq community member

Could you also explain how To use avoir beau

How and when to use avoir beau

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Not explained in lesson?

This lesson doesn’t explain why sont isn’t necessary in the sentence: Ils brûlent tous. They ARE burning all the books. I got this wrong with no explanation as to why. Help? Thanks.

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Bernardo K.A1Kwiziq community member

Double pronom phrase

<< Vous les montrez à mon père et vous ________ ensuite. >>

The answer is : << me les montrez >>

Why isn't << les montrez à moi >> allowed in this case?

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