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Michelle M.B2Kwiziq community member

I thought exam was 'examen' in French?

Asked 7 years ago

Faithandrews L.A0Kwiziq community member

Also, On can be used to refer to ''you'' as in lots of people but I thought that was the translation/ role of Vous?

Asked 7 years ago

Faithandrews L.A0Kwiziq community member

since On is used to refer to we/ people etc, why does it make use of the subject verb conjugation of il/elle. eg il est/ on est. Instead of On sommes

Sorry, if my questions may sound dumb but i am a curious person. Not satisfying my curiosity can keep me in a blank world of confusion.

Asked 7 years ago

Faithandrews L.A0Kwiziq community member

Honestly, I did not really understand exactly you meant by '' stress pronouns''? Please throw more light on the meaning and use of stress pronouns.

Asked 7 years ago

Spencer B.C1Kwiziq community member

The transcription reads "et j’ai demandé mon augmentation !" but the audio says "et j'ai OBTENU mon augmentation"

Asked 7 years ago

Faithandrews L.A0Kwiziq community member

Is there a formal way of saying she/he ( Il/Elle)?

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Lucia N.B2Kwiziq community member

Should the sentece "Elle enlève sa veste nous enlevons nos chaussures" be Elle enlève la veste pendant que nous enlevons les chaussures"

Asked 7 years ago

Amanda B.C1Kwiziq community member

Se passerHi,Comment ________ tes vacances ?" How are your holidays going?passentpassent parse passent dese passentWhy are the above answers « passent »? Isn’t it YOUR holiday and therefore « passe »?ThanksAmanda

Asked 7 years ago

Tracy M.C1Kwiziq community member

I was just wondering why a box always appears right across the lesson

Every time I’m trying to work through a lesson a box appears with some useless message right across the page which hinders my learning.

Is there a reason for this?

Asked 7 years ago

Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The weather was good the whole time - passé composé ou imparfait?

In this story, “the weather was good the whole time” was translated as “il a fait beau tout le temps”. Why do we use the passé composé here, and not the imparfait ?

I thought the best response might instead be “Il faisait beau tout le temps” as they were describing, or setting the scene for the story. (And also it was the continuous state of the weather without a set beginning or end).

Although I can usually understand when to use the correct past tense now, occasionally one comes along that completely stumps me! Sorry for repeating a question asked a month ago, but I’d really like to know the answer.

Asked 7 years ago

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