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Bharadwaj n.A1Kwiziq community member

Why we say in French, “cette école “. Why it is not “cet école”? Because you école start with a vowel.

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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bonjour

What if you wanted to say "Give him to me", would that be "Donne-lui-moi"? Or would that also be "Donne-le-moi"?

Does "donne-lui-moi" exist?

Merci

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Michael P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can someone please explain why the following structure is marked incorrect when testing...Qu'est-ce que c'est la Sorbonne ?....Thank you.

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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Salut a tous!

In the audio for "Quand partent-ils" I hear partetil, I thought it would sound more like par til

Merci

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mon tableau

The suggested answers to My favourite painting is called "The Sunflowers”, are

Mon tableau favori s'appelle "Les Tournesols” and Mon tableau préféré s'appelle "Les Tournesols”,... Presumably 'Ma painture' could be substituted for 'Mon tableau' ??

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Walter B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Vous avez pu recontrer Sting?You give two translations: "You were able to meet Sting." "You could meet Sting." Shouldn't the second one read, "You could have met Sting."? I believe "You could meet Sting" is in the present conditional tense. Unless I have my tenses all mixed up ...

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Walter F.B2Kwiziq community member

gusts of wind = bourrasques de vent; why is the more common {my opinion} word 'rafales' not an option?

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Hadrian-Chrisotphe S.A1Kwiziq community member

Do adjectives have to agree both in number and gender when using “on”, for example when “we” is all female?

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

regarding the last sentence, why is it "c'est" instead of "c'etait"

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Walter B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" ... offering flowers to my mother for her birthday.Shouldn't the English translation read, "I'm giving my mother flowers ... " rather than "offering"?

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