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Kate D.B2Kwiziq community member

Il faut que vs. devoirBonjour. I'm trying to get a feel for when to use/not use the subjunctive mood. One sentence on my quiz was: "Il faut qu'ils aient fini leur devoirs avant le diner" (sorry - my accents aren't working). This translates to "They need to have finished their homework before dinner."

Would it be an alternative to say: Ils ont du [accent] leur devoirs avant le diner [accent]" (which I believe translates to "They must have finished their homework before dinner.")

Can you please explain how these are different?

Asked 3 years ago

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White L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passê Composé vs Imparfait

Mes parents ont toujours été là pour moi. Can you help me understand why PC was used and not Imparfait? To me, it seems like a statement of actions that were ongoing or repeated in the past over an undefined period. Merci pour vos conseils !

Asked 4 years ago

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TALK T.C1Kwiziq community member

I always find is somewhat disgusting when Hollywood

takes a foreign movie and fails to give the proper credit to the original.

There was no mention that I remember during the Oscars that this film was a Franco-Belgian production.

Hollywood has a long history of this failure to recognize the original movies.

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation of "the one"

In the translation of, "I've always been fascinated by French high fashion, of which Yves Saint-Laurent is one of the most iconic figures.", do we use l'une instead of l'un because of the agreement with the 'la figure' ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

L'adjectif "ancien"

un pont ancien .... d'une autre époque ...... n'est- ce pas?

un ancien pont ... a former bridge ????? selon mon livre de grammaire

Asked 3 years ago

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observablebear L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The link to Sans Toi on Vimeo has regional restriction. It is not available where I am.

Here is a link to the song on YouTube, which works for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up_IUfCFHao

Asked 4 years ago

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Pucah C.A1Kwiziq community member

Using "bon" for a person

Hi, I'm a bit confused if we can use "bon" for a person?

It's from this sentence [Il est très bon] when the "il" refers to Tom Cruise .

Appreciate your help, thanks!

Asked 3 years ago

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imparfait v Passé Composé

I'm confused as to why "we improved quickly" is in the passé composé rather than the imparfait. Surely the fact that they were quickly improving is an ongoing action in the past rather than something that happened "just like that" at one particular moment? (Having said that, reading the whole passage through again it clearly "feels" like it should be in the passé composé - I'm just not sure why....)

Asked 4 years ago

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Nick H.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Conversation Between Friends Writing exercise

Hi,

" D'ailleurs, ça me rappelle que Paul m'avait prêté un livre passionnant que j'ai toujours chez moi ! - Tu ne les as pas revus depuis tout ce temps ? - Non, et du coup, je n'ai pas encore pu le lui rendre ! "

In this sentence I put "je ne suis pas encore arrivé à le lui rendre !" which I think works as well?

Nick

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