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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Expression il y a

Hi as I am learning about this expression I'm trying to find an audio clip with just this expression to practice saying it by itself but, I can not find it.

Thank you

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Maria P.A1Kwiziq community member

afin de for reflexive verbs

can we use afin de for reflexive verbs? is it a je vais dans la salle debains afin de me laver?

Asked 4 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

It would be useful to give a hint

«Faire de qqn» proved to be a difficult expression to track down anywhere. It was suggested by deepL - but without any explanation, of course. Looking at questions below, it seems others have pondered over this as well.

A hint here that it is literally 'make of me' would be very useful. Of course, in English we usually leave 'of' out, and just say 'make me', or move the words around to 'make (something) of me'.

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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sentence Missing In Audio

In the "full text for you to read and listen to" at the end of the exercise, the 5th sentence in the dialog "- Avez-vous besoin de voir le menu ?" is shown in the text but is missing in the audio. The audio is present in the individual section of the exercise.

I see this was addressed in N. Hillary's question/comment from 6 months ago.

Asked 3 years ago

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Bonnie B.C1Kwiziq community member

Is this a possible alternative for "fairy-like"?

Is féerique a possibility in the last line?

Asked 3 years ago

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rizz l.A2Kwiziq community member

diffrenciating the verbs

how will i know where to use etre and where to use avoir?

Asked 4 years ago

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Kenneth S.C1Kwiziq community member

Is there a second accepted spelling of acquérir

I double checked this on verbix.com and they show the following

Présentj'aquéristuaquérisil;elle;onaquéritnousaquérissonsvousaquérissezils;ellesaquérissent

Asked 3 years ago

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P. C.B2Kwiziq community member

she had to face the facts

About 'face the facts', is it also correct to translate it as ' faire face aux réalités'.

I think 'faire face à ' is a very common expression.

Asked 4 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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Jenk O.B2Kwiziq community member

Je n'avais jamais vu ça, on aurait dit un film d'horreur !

Hello.
The English sentence is: I'd never seen that, it was like in a horror movie!

I must have missed the rule that explains the use of conditional past in French. Can you enlighten me please.

Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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