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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In lesson for 'ne explitif'"Évitons que la situation ne dégénère !Let's avoid the situation getting worse!" appears. Instead of 'avoid' wouldn't 'prevent be better, or is avoid maybe used in Britain to an extent?-- I'm American, and the latter sounds more natural to me.

Asked 3 years ago

Jean H.C1Kwiziq community member

cannelle v canelle

I wrote cannelle for cinnamon and was marked wrong and changed to canelle, but in the dictionary it is spelt cannelle. Which is correct??

Asked 2 years ago

Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Nous croison tous les doigts pour que ce soit le cas

Could you have 'ça' in this sentence as an alternative to 'ce' ?

Asked 5 years ago

James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I'm sorry, im still not understanding the use of "de" meaning "with" in 'les mains et les cheveux blancs de farine" what is the rule here?

Asked 5 years ago

Craig B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

de versus des for "en forme de [plural noun]"

"Ils sont en forme de crânes."
Why is it not, "Ils sont en forme des crânes." IOW why is the partitive singular de for the plural crânes ?

Asked 4 years ago

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

Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A couple of additional common vocabulary

Here in SW France, you’ll often come across the road sign “le funérarium” directing you to the funeral parlour. In more formal language, they will also often talk about “des obsèques”, and I believe this refers to the whole funeral service.

Asked 2 years ago

G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le trésor or son trésor?

I translated: and when he finds the treasure, as :-

- et quand il trouve le trésor

but was marked incorrect with 'le' being replaced with 'son'.

Is that correct?

Asked 4 years ago

Jonathan B.C1Kwiziq community member

Referencing multiple days.

I can’t find how to reference multiple days together, is there an example?

“On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays I get up at 6.” which of the following is correct?

Le lundi, mercredi et vendredi je me lève à six heures

or

Les lundi, mercredi et vendredi je me lève à six heures

or

Le lundi, le mercredi et le vendredi je me lève à six heures

Thanks

Jon

Asked 5 years ago

Ian L.A1Kwiziq community member

Je n'ai que mon âme

I've heard this as a song title, but all of the examples above are sentences with auxiliary verbs, so is this correct French?

Asked 4 years ago

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