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diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

réduit vs rogné, etc

Pour "j'ai réduit les dépenses superflues", peut on dire "j'ai rogné sur des dépenses superflues

et pour "il faut absolument que j'économise de l'argent", peut-on dire "il me faut vraiment économiser

et pour "même lorsque j'ai vraiment envie d'un burger ! ", peut on dire "même lorsque ce dont j'ai absolument envie c'est un burger"?

merci !

Asked 3 years ago

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Rebekah O.C1Kwiziq community member

Past participle following imparfait

Why do we use the past participle "occupés" after "semblaient" in the third sentence. Why isn't it in the infinitive "occuper"?

Asked 4 years ago

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N. N.A2Kwiziq community member

“comment ça se fait” vs “pourquoi”

Is there any difference in the meaning or tone of “comment ça se fait” compared to “pourquoi”? In English, we sometimes say “how come” rather than “why” to avoid sounding curt or accusatory. Thank you!

Asked 2 years ago

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N. L.A1Kwiziq community member

dès que and parler

1 or 2 is correct ?

1. dès que je l'ai réglé / 2. dès que je l'aie réglé

3 or 4 or 5 is correct ?

3. parler au traiteur / 4. parler à traiteur / 5. parler avec traiteur

Thanks

Nellie

Asked 4 years ago

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Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prompt correction

One of the prompts says translate "Will come and visit us?". I think it should be corrected to "Will you come and visit us?"

Asked 3 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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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Who is the “frère malicieux”?

I presume it’s the speaker, but the speaker sounds female.

Asked 5 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je ne pensais pas que ce serait aussi intéressant

Hi. I thought negative opinions were followed by the subjunctive and translated the above sentence thus: Je ne pensais pas que ce soit si intéressant. Is that incorrect?

Thanks

Asked 2 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

neuter pronouns

Elle et moi n'avons pas le même rythme de vie, je comprends ça

could I say instead :

Elle et moi n’avons pas le même rythme de vie, je le comprends

Asked 3 years ago

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M D.A2Kwiziq community member

Y with people