Several words should be added to the vocabulary to be checked in advance of this exercise: la corvée, la lessive, l'aspirateur, tri des déchets, la poubelle et le lave-vaisselle.

These are not A1 level words!

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J. L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Indirect pronouns ending sentences...

Advised by Cecile: "But the construction you suggest ending with a pronoun might be used by a very young French child but isn't correct French."

I have never seen it so pointedly stated anywhere. Seems to me once you 'learn' that faux pas you are halfway through the struggles of using pronouns....where to put them.

I find this advice so clarifying. I may be making too much of a big deal abut it...but it hit me like a lightbulb.

Do you think, modified a little, it is advisable to adopt as rote? Would it hold up universally enough.

Do not put your object pronouns at the end of a sentence (after the verb) UNLESS it is the STRESS VERSION OF THE PRONOUN.

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Tammy R.Kwiziq community member

Défier vs challenger

Hi can you please explain the usage difference between the two? A challenge in sports vs intellectual. Someone likes a challenge …. To challenger yourself not necessarily physically. Are these verbs interchangeable as synonyms? Is one more common than the other?

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il neigeait quand mon fils est né.

The son WAS born in the past? Why then use "est né" rather that "était né"?

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Past subjunctive

Why is the past subjunctive called for here?:

Je me souviens de cet hiver-là comme l'un des plus rudes que j'aie vécus

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