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Aaron G.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

A quiz question about "il était une fois" is wrong; the answer has no "qui".For one of the quiz questions on this unit, the required answer is "Il était une fois, un roi vivait dans son château."

If I understand the example in the lesson and these comments correctly, the answer should actually be "Il était une fois, un roi qui vivait dans son château."

Asked 7 years ago

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J. L.C1KwizIQ community member

Some more varied examples please

Hi,

Can we please get some more varied examples using "le" and "la" in addition to the existing examples using "les" and "l'".

Merci beaucoup

Asked 7 years ago

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Shir W.A1KwizIQ community member

What does it mean by...

"Note also that you use qu'est-ce que if it appears at the start but quoi at the end."

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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"."

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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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