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Avi S.A1KwizIQ community member

il fait soleil

The article says (if I understand correctly) that neither "Il fait soleil" nor "Il fait du soleil" is the proper way to say "It's sunny". So, what is the correct way?

Asked 6 years ago

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Pauline B.B1KwizIQ community member

How do you tell whether vous is singular or plural ?

An example gave "vous vous etes bien amuses?"

Whereas the correct answer in the quick Test was "Vous vous etes cache"

example showing vous is plural

test question showing vous is singular

Asked 8 years ago

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bay f.A0KwizIQ community member

i'm confused here. why j'ai faim but not je suis faim?

Asked 8 years ago

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Jamie O.A2KwizIQ community member

Voulez-vous vs voudrez-vouzWhy is it that "voulez-vous" is a more common translation of "would you like" than the conditional "voudriez-vous"?

Asked 9 years ago

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Elise J.A1KwizIQ community member

Gender of instruments?In these examples, instruments that end in -e are feminine while those that don't are masculine. Does this usually hold true?

Asked 8 years ago

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Simon K.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is « social media » translated as « les réseaux sociaux », not « les médias sociaux »?

Asked 5 years ago

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Rebekah O.A1KwizIQ community member

Why does "ça veut dire" translate to "it means"?

Asked 8 years ago

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Abraham O.A0KwizIQ community member

J'ai faim

This one was confusing because in the placement quiz they ask you to translate "I am hungry", but then mark it wrong when you select "Je suis...". Then they say the correct translation is "J'ai faim". This is problematic because "J'ai faim" literally means "I have hunger". They need to be accurate with the literal translations in these cases because that's what clues you in to how you should word the phrase.

Asked 4 years ago

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Manpreet K.A0KwizIQ community member

Difference between article definis and article indefinis

What is the difference between article definis and article indefinis. Why can't we use les or des for a plural, or any of these?

Asked 6 years ago

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Andrew F.C1KwizIQ community member

Placement of y in a sentence using futur procheI thought there was a rule that "y" should come before the verb (including auxiliary verb). There seems to be an exception when using the futur proche? For example: Je vais y reflechir rather than J'y vais reflechir.

Asked 9 years ago

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