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Ariana N.A1Kwiziq community member

Fusilier vs tirailleur

Why is the correct answer « fusilier » not « tirailleur »?

Asked 3 years ago

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E. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of "râper"?

Is "râper" really pronounced to rhyme with "cher"? Because that's the pronunciation given when you click on the speaker button in the "Cooking / Faire la cuisine (v)" vocabulary list at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/learn/theme/1513111

Asked 4 years ago

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Carolina I.C1Kwiziq community member

"Mathilde a rentré la voiture avant qu'il ne pleuve." - why not a past tense of the subjunctive mode?

My mind gets quite confused by combining the past with the present (subjunctive) in one sentence. This is more a question about the subjunctive mode than about rentrer, but could you explain in which situations you use le passe of the subjunctive? If this sentence used parce que, rather than avant que, what tense would you use? (something like "Mathilde a rentre la voiture parce qu'il allait pleuvoir"? - sorry, no accents; if this structure exists, I wouldn't know what the tense is called!)

Thanks in advance for your clarification!

Asked 3 years ago

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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

Asked 4 years ago

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Sebastian C.C1Kwiziq community member

Gender agreement problem

If one noun is masculine and one is feminine how do we make the agreement in gender and number?

With the first noun only or each term separately ("l'un est beau, l'autre este belle" ) ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

"Cette histoire s’est passée il y a très longtemps"

The above question linked to this page, though it’s not one of the examples given (can’t find "il y a longtemps" elsewhere on the site)

It’s translated as "This story happened a long time ago" and I’m wondering why it’s not "a very long time ago", or is "très" needed for the distant past?

Asked 3 years ago

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