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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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Silvia R.B2KwizIQ community member

Why not saying je veaiment aime instead of j’aime Beaucoup for I really love

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ce que or ce qui

I was surprised by the sentence “Je ne peux pas imaginer ce que serait ma vie”, as I normally see “ce qui [verb]” and “ce que [subject pronoun + verb]”. Should it be “ce qui serait”?

Asked 4 years ago

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Rebecca L.C1KwizIQ community member

Apparaître either être or avoir

This lessons specifically states that:

To conjugate apparaître in Le Passé Composé (Indicatif), both auxiliaries avoir and être are perfectly valid and interchangeable while the meaning remains the same. In terms of usage, être is used more often than avoir in colloquial speech.

I've seen the comments below about one is used more for appearing, but why is mine wrong?

Soudain, j'ai apperu derrière eux

Asked 2 years ago

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Rike A.C1KwizIQ community member

Does «en» always have to replace «de»?

I saw this sentence online «Mon père est médecin et je vais en être un aussi.»

I'm confused because there is no «de» to replace?

Asked 4 years ago

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Bhavani S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

je tres tres confuse sur verb- que qui, ce qui ce queJe choisi, que mais c'est une mauvaise réponse; comment? parce que sur la video (eg., les nuage que tu regarde il est beau)..same way...can anyone explain what is the right answer and why

Il veut visiter le château ________ est au milieu de la forêt.He wants to visit the castle which is in the middle of the forest.quiquequ'quel

Asked 5 years ago

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Paige L.A1KwizIQ community member

Question on Example Question

In the examples, there is this sentence: "Ma tante est passée par la boulangerie en venant ici." In the sentence, what purpose does the "en" serve?

Asked 5 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Alors / à l’époque

À l’initiative d’alors Ministre de la Culture ….. can we say this instead of à l’époque?

Asked 3 years ago

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Jeffrey B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Quel Mot?

Quelle est la différence entre les mots "shooter" and "shot" ? Les deux options ont été présentées dans les réponses. L’un est-il utilisé avec des noms et l’autre avec des verbes ? ("Shooter" was given as an option when using "pour la digestion" [what I used] and "shot" when using "digérer").

Asked 3 years ago

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Francis S.A1KwizIQ community member

Why at times, you want us tu write, j'-etais, why the hyphen?

Asked 6 years ago

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