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MmeB2Kwiziq community member

Is this only for the literal action or can it be used figuratively as well? (such as someone who's in line for the throne.)

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StewartC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ApologyThe above question should have been inserted into the lesson called 'à + qui, auquel, à laquuelle = to whom, what, which, (relative pronouns)'. I have now inserted it to the correct lesson page.

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StewartC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of 'auquel' / à qui instead of 'que'

In the lesson ‘Que = Whom, which, that (relative pronouns)’ an example sentence is given as:

‘La femme que je dessine’

An example sentence from this lesson is: ‘Le chat, auquel tu as fait peur’ OR ‘Le chat, à qui tu as fait peur’

I’m struggling to understand why is ‘Le chat, que tu as fait peur’ is not used?

Thanks

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StewartC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of 'auquel' / 'à qui' instead of 'que'

In the lesson ‘Que = Whom, which, that (relative pronouns)’ an example sentence is given as:

‘La femme que je dessine’

An example sentence from this lesson is: ‘Le chat, auquel tu as fait peur’ OR ‘Le chat, à qui tu as fait peur’

I’m struggling to understand why is ‘Le chat, que tu as fait peur’ is not used?

Thanks

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DraganaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - books/pluralAucun de ses livres n'est intéressant? why not ne sont intéressant - livres/books is plural

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PaulC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prescriptive versus descriptive EnglishI read the Q&A for this lesson on collective nouns and the discussion at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/is-this-english-correct and I see where Kwiziq is coming from. However, it would clearer for many Engliish speakers if you left out the "how it is in English" versus "how it is in French" comparisons. There are too many interpretations of collective nouns in different forms of English, and many of us haven't learnt the English prescriptions, so we are probably making frequent mistakes in English. In other words, just give teach the French grammar.

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HughC1Kwiziq community member

Idionatic use of 'would 'Presumably one could translate into English using 'would': Eg 'We would go and see our grandmother on Sunday' carries the same sense of a repeated action that the imperfect does.

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DeborahB2Kwiziq community member

Whay say "Il l'a fait exprès", not "Il en a fair exprès"?

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ArndisA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No retry on the quiz?The test saves my original answers, so when I do the quiz again (I did it two weeks ag), it doesn't matter if I correct myself from before, it saves the old answers. Is it supposed to be like that?

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RantA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

restaurantWould it be inappropriate to say 'ça y est' at a restaurant when they ask you if you have finished your meal? Or would that sound like you are saying it was difficult to finish, but I finally did it (perhaps being offensive)?

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