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Linda B.C1Kwiziq community member

I am curious about the predicate nominative. Translating "He was devastated". I said Il dévastait, but my friend said Il était dévasté, which one?

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Jack B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say "silvie talks to her friend" where the friend is male?The personal pronoun is also "son". Therefore "you cannot say" is the correct answer! Non?

Asked 6 years ago

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Maria Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Hi! Why in the phrase "ça t' est égal" the -t in est is not pronounced?

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Ted C.C1Kwiziq community member

où vs dans laquelle etc

The week (in which) they stayed at the hotel went quickly.

?....La semaine pendant laquelle ils sont restés...?

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Johanna S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire or il y a with weather

what’s the difference between il fait du soleil and il y a du soleil?

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Julianne Q.B2Kwiziq community member

Vous suciez votre pouce quand vous étiez petits. The translation is you used to suck your thumbs when you were small. Why is petit plural - unlikely to be talking to more than one person about this, and why 'votre pouce' when the translation is 'your thumbs' - wouldn't it be 'vos pouces'

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Truc Thanh V.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Resservir and se resservirI don’t understand well the use and the difference in meaning of “resservir” and “se resservir “. Please , give me more examples and the explanation. Thanks a lot.

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Truc Thanh V.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bonjour,

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alexandra c.C1Kwiziq community member

I had the same problem as Shelley: definitely ticked both "him" & "her" but got nearl;y correct

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M. M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is ice cream plural in French?In the weekend A1 writing excersize it gave, "Leurs glaces sont excellentes !" as the answer for, "Their ice cream is excellent." I got it wrong, of course, because I used it as a singular like I would in English. But earlier in the dialog, they also used it singularly, so I'm not sure why or when it should be plural?

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