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D. A.A1KwizIQ community member

as or es

Tu es means “you are”

So when you ask someone Are you hungry?

It should be

Tu es faim?

But why are we saying?

Tu as faim?

Asked 6 years ago

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Max K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Quelqu'un and its derivatives

Why are quelqu'un, quelqu'une, quelques-uns, quelques-unes left out? These indefinite pronouns are more natural IMO than certain, certains, certaine, certaines and mean the same thing. In both cases you carve out a subset of individuals w/o further identification. Per robert online certain is a synonym. Here is modern and absolute meaning of QUELQU'UN..........

1 Une personne totalement indéterminée. « On dirait que quelqu'un joue du piano quelque part » (Alain-Fournier).➙ on. Le besoin de parler àquelqu'un.

Asked 8 years ago

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Mike L.A1KwizIQ community member

Why is basket the correct French word for the English basketball ?

Why basket, not basketball ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Maxine C.A1KwizIQ community member

When do you use chaude

Asked 8 years ago

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