As a note, this is very poorly written for English speaking people to translate. "Happy as a clam" = "heureux comme un poisson dans l'eau" uh, sure. Why not just write "happy like a fish in water" so we could actually translate it? "Don't be pigheaded" = "ne sois pas têtue comme une mule" again, why not just say "don't be stubborn like a mule". "I could eat a horse" = "j'ai une faim de loup" - why not just say "hungry like a wolf". Made this exercise unnecessarily hard.

Asked 2 years ago

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Phil S.A2Kwiziq community member

When does the past participle change spelling?

Why has 'Mort' as the past participle of Mourir changed spelling to 'mour' ? I understand adding the 's' to make it match.

Even in the 'learn & discuss; section, it show the past participle as 'mort'. is this an error ?

Asked 3 years ago

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ian e.C1Kwiziq community member

Obtenir or recevoir?

Avant d’obtenir une réponse: is ‘avant de recevoir une réponse also OK?

Asked 2 years ago

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Marcia M.C1Kwiziq community member

viser le trompe d'éléphant qu'est-ce que ça veut dire

Asked 4 years ago

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Jeroen B.C1Kwiziq community member

To the small pool should be into the small pool

Thanks for this exercise.

One minor detail to improve here: I got confused by "dans le petit bassin" being translated as "to the small pool", which means "au petit bassin", instead the correct English translation is "into the small pool".

Cheers!

Asked 5 years ago

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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Grammatically Incorrect Translation

The English translation "I'm washing after you got up" is grammatically incorrect. You're essentially saying "I'm doing this after you did that", which makes no sense in English. The proper structure would be "I'm washing after you get up" (I'm doing this after you do that") or "I'm washing after you have gotten up" ("I'm doing this after you have done that").

This is one of the most frustrating things in studying any language, when you see a direct translation given that you know is grammatically incorrect (even if it is understandable by somebody who's fluent in the language that the sentence is being translated into) instead of a transliteration that makes more sense.

Asked 4 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

je puisse vs j'aie pu

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Le temps des deux parties m'a confuse dans cette phrase.

Il y a un exemple ou on utiliserait le subjonctif passe comme ca:

Asked 3 years ago

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Ethan B.A2Kwiziq community member

Subjonctif passé for "jusqu'à ce que"?

Could you say "jusqu'à ce que j'aie trouvé la personne" instead of "jusqu'à ce que je trouve la personne"?