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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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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why passé composé?

For the sentence, j'ai grandi en regardant les matches avec lui, how come it's not in the imparfait? He was growing up over a period of time, and watched several matches during this time, so it was a repeated action. I thought it should be imparfait. Please advise.

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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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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Stuart B.C1Kwiziq community member

Position of rapidement

Can anyone explain why "rapidement" goes to the end of the sentence here. I placed it between "peux" and "regarder" as I thought adverbs went between an auxilliary/modal verb and the participle/infinitive. According to the solutions given this was the correct placing for "vite" but "rapidement" was placed at the end of the sentence.

Asked 2 years ago

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Maria S.C1Kwiziq community member

I thought that colors derived from nature did not agree with the subject ie une moquette violet(te)?

Asked 5 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

''Je n'ai pas mangé de viande depuis dix ans.'' means:

Answer given: I haven’t eaten any meat for ten years. Why wouldn’t the answer simply be “I haven’t eaten meat for ten years”? Thanks in advance for input.

Asked 3 years ago

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James S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Their life or their lives

Hi Kwiziq team,

Why not "their lives" here:

Je fais ce que je peux pour rendre leur(s) vie(s) plus facile tout en leur faisant découvrir notre culture.

Thank you

Asked 2 years ago

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Kenneth S.C1Kwiziq community member

Is there a second accepted spelling of acquérir