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Juliette A.A2Kwiziq community member

Commencer à does not work

Bonjour !

I have been told by French people that I cannot apply this rule to the verb commencer à.

For example:

Je commence à faire mes devoirs. J'y commence.

I am starting to do my homework. I'm starting it.

Is it an exception ? Or is it just socially not regularly used ?

Merci !

Asked 6 years ago

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Lea L.B1Kwiziq community member

the verb sourire has an irregular spelling in l'imparfait. Can you explicate this? Thank you, Lea

Asked 9 years ago

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Winston K.C1Kwiziq community member

Translation of confus

Les paroles du médecin sont très confuses. Il parle confusément.

This sentence is best translated as "The words from the doctor are very confusing. He speaks confusingly".

Asked 5 years ago

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Salut t'as l'air "sympa" toi. Salut t'as l'air "sympa" toi. Hi. What is the meaning of this phrase. Especially the end toi.I know the actual french translation but this seems a bit colloquial.

Asked 9 years ago

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sheila h.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is the meaning of "Aurélie n'est qu'allée au marché"? The above is one of the questions in the B1 Kwiz test. I just cannot understand the difference between the answers:- Aurélie only went to the market (and did nothing else) or (and went nowhere else)? I've tried reading the explanation page over and over but I don't see the difference between - and did nothing else and went nowhere else!!! Can someone make it simpler for a simple brain perhaps??

Asked 8 years ago

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Barb P.B2Kwiziq community member

maisons dans lesquelles j'ai vécu : choice of passé composé Since living in these towns would have been ongoing for periods of time, why not imparfait?

Asked 9 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can the verb haïr be used insteadof détester and if so would it take the subjunctive?

Asked 8 years ago

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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I assme the 'le réfrigérateur' is not abstract; so it is masculine not feminin..

Asked 9 years ago

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D. L.B1Kwiziq community member

Seems odd....Nous venons juste d'apprendre la nouvelle. We've just heard the news..... I find it rather disconcerting and only slightly confusing, but often for me the structure and specific wording in french is left somewhat "open ended". This sentence is a perfect example. We have learned that Entendre is to hear and Apprendre is to learn, and yet here you see them used almost in error. If we are saying we have just learned of the news, we should state that and if we have just heard it then why not say that? Why use the word learned and say heard? Seems odd. Further, why include "just" in a sentence that already implies this meaning with the passé récent of Nous venons d'.... if we translate this sentence Without the word "just" as shown above.... what do we have? Nous venons d'apprendre la nouvelle... ? And we are going to use Heard in the translation, why not, Nous venons d'entendre la nouvelle? Lastly, why do we not use Les nouvelles for the news, i think technically La Nouvelle is the new?!? It seems we say a lot things we don't mean.... and mean a lot of things we don't say..... perhaps it's the same in English.... can someone offer me some sound logic in this regard? Nous venons d'entendre les nouvelles... We just heard the news....Thank you so much....

Asked 8 years ago

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James H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu veux fraise ou vanille? - Ni l'un ni l'autre

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