In the first sentence, "...if you ended up alone on a desert island, and (that) you could only take one thing with you..." the french verb prendre is not accepted for take. Yet in the third sentence, "OK, if I had to take one thing I can't do without...", prendre is in fact usedfor take. The context seems the same in both sentences. Should not prendre be acceptable in the first sentence as well ?

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P. C.B2Kwiziq community member

she had to face the facts

About 'face the facts', is it also correct to translate it as ' faire face aux réalités'.

I think 'faire face à ' is a very common expression.

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Patrick W.B1Kwiziq community member

Imparfait to Express HabitsThis is a wonderful training exercise on using the imperfect past tense. It helped me begin to understand when using the conditional would be an improper choice. This said, American's automatically apply the conditional tense when we see the word "would." So...is the conditional tense applied more in an "if then" context? Such as, "Marie répondrait à Paul, mais elle avait peur."

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Bert K.C1Kwiziq community member

Nous ________ les cheveux.

Can someone explain why I answered this incorrectly? I answered "nous sommes brossés" and it told me that the correct answer is "nous sommes brossé". The rule quite clearly states that the past participle should be modified to agree in number and gender though. We is inherently plural, so shouldn't an "s" be added to the end? Or am I missing something here?

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Chris W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Anybody else have issues with the new font?

There seems to be a new font used for posts in the forum. The font looks smaller and "sturdier". In my opinion it is harder to read than the original one. Also, it is more difficult to distinguish bold from regular. I don't know what you guys think, but I'm no fan if it.

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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

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