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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Don't use un, une when stating people's occupations/professions (zero article)

what can I write them in negative sentences?

Tom est avocat = Tom n'est pas avocat

Tom et Pierre sont avocats=Tom et Pierre ne sont pas avocats

Maurice est un professeur excellent=Maurice n'est pas un professeur excellent.

Maurice et Tom sont des professeurs excellents=Maurice et Tom ne sont pas des professeurs excellents

Are these sentences corrects? İf they are not correct can anyone write true correct sentences

Asked 4 years ago

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Andrew W.A2Kwiziq community member

Masculine/feminine

You have put ça lui est égal is masculine and Celia lui est égal is feminine. Then when ask to answer which are correct for he doesn’t mind and you said both answers were correct?

Asked 3 years ago

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Helena I.B2Kwiziq community member

How so I know which is right?

How would I know which is correct?:

Cette écharpe rappelle ma mère à moi.

Cette écharpe me rappelle ma mère

Asked 5 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

deux derniere nuits

I swear I hear "deux dernieres annees" I sure don't hear "nuits" Am I the only one?

Asked 4 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why fin janvier?

Why "fin janvier" but not "a la fin de janvier"

Asked 1 year ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

reviser translation to english

Small point. 'After studying for your exam..' 'use reviser' , it might be more accurate to use the common English expression, 'after revising for your exam'. Revising implies going over old material, studying usually means learning new material. IMHO

Asked 4 years ago

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Expletive "ne" following a positive main verbMy answer to a quiz question in which the main verb is positive included the “ne” expletive in the subordinate clause following "sans que". This was marked as wrong. I’ve followed the discussion about the use of this expletive with “sans que” and there appears to be no consensus about whether it can be used or not when the main verb is positive, and even the Académie Française equivocates. It seems that it’s quite common for “ne” to be used in this context, in which case shouldn't "ne" be allowed whether the main verb is negative or positive?

Asked 4 years ago

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Barrie S.C1Kwiziq community member

Translation of 'Maybe (that) we can practice together?'

One of the possible translations given for the last sentence of the exercise is 'Peut-etre qu'on peut s'entraîner ensemble ?' Does not s'entrainer imply a joint activity and so 'ensemble' is not required?

Asked 2 years ago

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Brennan D.B2Kwiziq community member

Exercises by subject

Hello, after adding a subject to my notebook and then reviewing the notebook lesson for that subject, it would be helpful to immediately be able to do some practice exercises on this subject alone, without having to do a kwizz covering all your dashboard subjects. Is this (getting exercises for self-selected subjects) possible?

Asked 4 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

pour relaxer mes muscles

Why can't I use "relâcher" here? As that verb means to relax a muscle?

Asked 2 years ago

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