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nicole l.C1Kwiziq community member

Son nom lui venait de sa peau diaphane que complimentaient

Why is the plural form of "complimenter" used in this sentence?

Asked 3 years ago

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Linda P.C1Kwiziq community member

Technology on dictée---A1

I think there may be a problem on your end here with the technology. It has been very difficult to advance to the next sentence in the dictation, as it seems the system is "stuck." Please look into this matter. Thank you.

Asked 3 years ago

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Jasvin K.B2Kwiziq community member

Du marathonJe suis arrivé troisième du marathon.

Pourquoi on a écrit du marathon et pas au marathon?

Asked 4 years ago

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Rania I.B2Kwiziq community member

Use of de

Are there any other times apart from the negative (saying you don’t have any), when de is used eg d’huile, de pan. I know we say de also before plural nouns with an adjectives preceding the noun

Asked 3 years ago

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Cornelia H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Thank you

Thank you, Cécile. I must have overlooked that in the alternative possibilities! Évidemment is one of my favorite words! Not sure why!

Regards,

Cornelia

Asked 5 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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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu peux apporter quelques tableaux ?

“…four or so…” sounds like an indeterminate or uncountable number to me, hence should be included amongst the right answers to the use of “quelques”. is it four or isn’t it four? :-)

Asked 2 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mais j'y jouais tout le temps lorsque j'étais adolescente

Hi, for “but I used to play it all the time when I was a teenager” we are given the answer “mais j'y jouais tout le temps lorsque j'étais adolescente”.

I had put “mais je le jouais…”. What’s a good way to interpret why it should be “y” and not “le”?

Thanks, Brian

Asked 4 years ago

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andrea b.C1Kwiziq community member

au courant

Is "au courant" invariable, or does it agree with the gender and number of the person?

Asked 2 years ago

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Ash D.C1Kwiziq community member

Présent ou Passé

Hi there! Wondering if you could explain why sometimes "have been + verb" is in the present and sometimes the passé?

E.g. "... l"alsace est multilingue..." (Alsace has been multilingual...) vs. "l'Alsace a gardé son multilinguisme" (Alsace has kept it's multilingualism)

Merci d'avance!

Asked 2 years ago

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