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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"vers minuit" ie vers [temps]

The vernacular usage for "vers" with time appears to drop the determinate. This doesn't appear to be true for the other usages of "vers".

Asked 3 years ago

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Julie J.B2Kwiziq community member

Perdu sur la plage

This is my first time making a comment! I read the text as an Aussie at the beach and used experience to gain understanding e.g. Serviette = a beach towel, glacière = cool box (dictionary meaning) but more likely to be understood as an Esky for me and rayures= stripes.

Asked 4 years ago

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translating depicted

In the final sentence why is dépeignait not given as an alternative verb. It seems more precise than représentait.

Asked 4 years ago

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Jaya R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of double pronouns in passé composé followed by infinitif.

J'ai vu des oiseaux passer dans le ciel.

J'y en ai vu passer

J'en ai vu y passer

Which of the above is right?

Asked 4 years ago

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Nazar E.Kwiziq community member

Mis vs Mises

Hi, which is correct? C'est la responsabilité des enterprises de réduire les quantités de plastique mis/mises sur le Marché

Asked 4 years ago

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Divya M.A1Kwiziq community member

I want more questions

I want more same questions to practice my vocabulary.

Asked 6 years ago

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Alexandra M.B2Kwiziq community member

Usefulness of this type of literary language.

I did not find this text very useful. Too much language that we are unlikely to encounter in everyday French.

Asked 5 years ago

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Fête du Nouvel An -Fill in the blanks

Hi, I am just wondering if in the following sentences, we could use " l'on" instead of "on" - as per

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/on-vs-lon/

(L') On passe toujours La Saint Sylvestre entre potes.

(L') On allume la télé pour voir le feu d'artifice de la tour Eiffel,

Et puis, le lendemain matin, comme (l') on aura tous la gueule de bois (comme d'habitude)

(l') on remplira nos flûtes d'Efferalgan et (l') on criera 'Santé!' en rigolant.

Asked 5 years ago

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Carrie S.B1Kwiziq community member

Conjugation in fill-in La soirée de mes rêves (Le Plus-que-Parfait)

I'm not sure where to ask this, as the fill-ins do not have a comment section. But I recently completed the test and was marked incorrect for an answer of:

The correction provided was:

Can someone explain why this is the case? Why the "on" form for "nous"? Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Punctuation query

The sentence to be translated: I can listen to them for hours!

I wrote: Je peux les écouter pendant des heures !

The exclamation mark was marked as incorrect even though it was called for in the original sentence.

Asked 4 years ago

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