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Liyunzi C.A2Kwiziq community member

'j'ai bien sûr nommé...'Q: Why do we use passé composé here?

Does the sentence 'Je bien sûr nomme...' also work ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Kathryn M.C1Kwiziq community member

Negative imperative

The quick Lesson on this sites that in the negative imperative the subject pronoun (tu, vous, nous) is dropped.

In Schaum's Outlines text, I see the following negative imperatives: Ne te reveille pas, Ne nous reveillons pas, and Ne vous reveille pas.

One of the exercise questions in chapter 5 of same text asks for the negative imperative of "Promenez-vous dans le parc" The answer is Ne vous promenez pas dans le parc.

Having trouble understanding this

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation of the adjective, evil, as in an evil doll.Is "une poupée méchante" not evil enough ? It wasn't accepted as a possibility.

Asked 2 years ago

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Nancy S.B2Kwiziq community member

Numbers in narrative equations

In the example 1 x 2 = 2, the translation given is « une fois deux égal deux. » I translate this as « one times two equals two. » Why is « une » used instead of « un» ? In contrast, I see that an another possible translation is « un multiplié par deux. »

Asked 4 years ago

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Phạm L.A0Kwiziq community member

Je suis Linh

Bonjour! Je m'appelle Linh et je viens d'Hanoi en Le Vietnam.

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Preposition after vouloir

In the conditional phrase in the second sentence, we have "...si je ne voulais pas être père...". I have terrible hearing, but I thought I heard d'être père. I know that vouloir does not take a preposition to introduce an infinitive, so I was dubious. I certainly did not hear an elision of the 's' of pas with être. Are my ears deceiving me?

Asked 2 years ago

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m. c.A1Kwiziq community member

writing challenges

Do these get graded or reviewed by someone to make sure we are writing properly?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jeff L.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you use your notebook(s)?

I have put a few difficult lessons in my notebook, but I've rarely tested them. I now see that as a premium member I can have multiple notebooks, but I'm not sure of the benefit. So I'd like to know from users: how do you make use of notebooks in your studies? Do you find it useful to use multiple notebooks? If so, how do you divide your notebooks?

Asked 4 years ago

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Helen G.A1Kwiziq community member

Words which should be added to the vocabulary for this exercise!

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!

Asked 5 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

J'en ai pour cinq minutes maximum

I don't understand why we use "j'en ai pour" ? What's the reason behind this?

Asked 3 years ago

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