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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Missing Commas

In the third sentence of both the English & French text, after the second phrase (I stay at home & je reste chez moi) there is no comma. The way it is written it would sound like a run-on sentence.

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Chosing between y or là ?

The phrase 'which seemed to have been left there' is translated as 'qui semblaient avoir été laissées là'.

Could you also translate it using 'y' rather than 'là' (and if so, where would the 'y' go ?) ?

Asked 4 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

And also can't we use "une chambre d'amis" for guest bedroom ?

Asked 5 years ago

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stupefaite L.C1Kwiziq community member

[meilleur etc] + noun

And what if I want to say e.g: Clarrisa is a worse/better student than I am.

Clarissa est une plus mauvaise élève que moi/ Clarissa est une pire élève que moi.

Clarrissa est une meilleure élève que moi.

and for plural:

Clarrisa et Ben sont de plus mauvais/de pires élèves que moi.

Clarrisa et Ben sont de meilleurs élèves que moi.

or maybe:

Clarrisa et Ben sont des eleves plus mauvais/des élèves pires que moi.

Clarrisa et Ben sont des élèves meilleurs que moi

I am not sure about the articles here... So is it ok what I wrote ?

Asked 3 years ago

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judith D.A1Kwiziq community member

how do you know to use "les" instead of "des"

Asked 4 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of words

Hi,

I was wondering with the pronunciation of the days of the week am I right that the J sounds like a Z in the audio? Do all J's have that same sound?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 1 year ago

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Adam B.C1Kwiziq community member

Tu as pris ton doudou

Can you also say 'tu as emporté ton doudou?' I thought if you are taking an object and it is staying with you, then you use emporter.

Asked 2 years ago

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Edith N.B1Kwiziq community member

ne.....nulle part

"il n'est jamais alle nulle part." This was one of the examples given in the lesson, but I thought that it would be wrong to use *jamais* since "ne ... nulle part" is a negation of its own just like "ne .... aucune"

Asked 3 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

You did decorate your flat.

And while we're on that question, the correctEnglish option, you decorated your flat, is not available. You did decorate your flat is a bizarre emphatic response to a conversation that goes something like ' Who decorated your flat?' 'We did' 'Oh, I was told it was done for you. So you did decorate your flat.' It's such an odd thing to say it's hard to construct a piece of fiction to illustrate it.

Asked 5 years ago

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Joanne H.B1Kwiziq community member

accorde à sujet

Hi there, just wondering why we don't need to accord the 'grande forme' as 'grandes formes' with the attackers (plural)

"et nos attaquants ne sont pas en grande forme."

Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

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