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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Still a bit confused..

Elderly Brit here. I would use the English past perfect in both halves of a sentence like "By the time I had finished eating, he had drunk a whole bottle" - when he’s drunk the bottle, I’ve already finished eating, a completed action.

Without wanting to split hairs, is the concept of the French "le temps que" slightly different to "by the time that" or does it just take (to my mind!) a less logical tense?

Asked 3 years ago

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Herb F.A1Kwiziq community member

Faulty Website

Your website continues not to work. Once I make a written response, it will not show me what I have wrong or correct and it will not score my attempts correctly

Asked 5 years ago

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Rafa R.C1Kwiziq community member

Tarte au Maroilles?

Why is it "Tarte au Maroilles" and not "Tarte aux Maroilles"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Sofia L.C1Kwiziq community member

Quiz post reading

why not have a multiple choice after the reading exercise. that would make it much more useful and helpful in preparing for delf

Asked 3 years ago

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Scout E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Alternative spellings for Fête des mères

I translated 'Mother's Day' as 'fête des Mères' which Kwiziq dinged as a mistake.

The 2013 Compact Oxford Hachette French Dictionary uses the translation 'fête des Mères' (p 719).

I read that there can be much variety in how such events are spelled.

Could it simply be that the spelling l used is not yet known by AI Kwiziq?

Thank you

Asked 2 years ago

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Janet M.B1Kwiziq community member

They're taking a walk with their dog?

I'm sorry, but this is a terrible example sentence. Who on earth would refer to walking their dog as "taking a walk with" their dog? The dog has no independence. It doesn't join you for a walk the same way your friend Julie might.

The example sentence should be changed to:
Anne et Antoine promènent leur chien.

You can have the same answer choices, but the correct answer would be "Anne and Antoine are walking their dog." Which is a sentence you might say in real life, as opposed to "They're taking a walk with their dog" which no one said ever.

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank L.C1Kwiziq community member

You took this Kwiz 1 week, 4 days ago.This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like.

This lesson is in my notebook so I'm in an endless loop here. I would like to do the kwiz for just this lesson. Seems like a coding problem. Apologies if this is the wrong place to report it.

Asked 4 years ago

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