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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quelques, plusiers and distancethe green box refers to an example that hasn’t been mentioned...that of living a few or several streets away. I see the two sentences further down in the last list but somehow in the editing process they were left out of the lesson

Asked 6 years ago

Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je fumais depuis des années quand j’ai décidé d’arrêterThe English translation that you give is not normally what one would say. We would say “I had been smoking...” not “I was smoking...”...the plus perfect not the imperfect. In French would one ever use the plus que parfait as we do in English?

Asked 6 years ago

Suzanne D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

and 2, I have heard before that if you crete a notebook, you can test just on that topic but I have never found a test attached to it or a link.

Asked 6 years ago

Suzanne D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

TOO, silent S - but which case are they talking about? And when I listen to the speaker, they say TOOS when there is a vowel. and 2)

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Suzanne D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I have red the thread. I have 2 comments. on the pronunciation of tous - the lesson makes a point of saying "in this case, it is always pronounced TO

Asked 6 years ago

peter b.C1Kwiziq community member

on is a singular for we. It takes an auxillary verb in the singular; therefor the past participle should be single also so it should be on est allé

Asked 6 years ago

Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Certains d'entre eux voulaient au cinéma.Bien que j'étudie le français pendant plus que deux ans, j'ai toujours un problème avec l'imparfait et le passé composé. Ma questionne est pourquoi avez-vous utilisé l'imparfait au lieu de le passé composé. Ou sont-elles tous les deux une possiblité dans cette phrase. Au fait, <au lieu de le passé composé> ne me paraît pas d'être correct...dans mon avis.

Asked 6 years ago

C. P.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When is ´ça fais’ or ´ça fait’ used? Does it refer to a time factor such as ´I’ve been waiting for five minutes’?

Asked 6 years ago

Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"À qui" vs "de qui'In the quiz question: "La personne ________ je pense me rend heureux." , could you please clarify why "de qui" cannot be considered correct?

Asked 6 years ago

Sagar J.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is this reflexive verb conjugated in passé composé ?The quiz question about translating "When I was young, people dressed differently" is answered as: "Quand j'étais jeune, les gens s'habillaient différemment."

But I thought the reflexive participle only changes to reflect quantity and gender as in these examples:

Il s'est levé.
Je me suis amusée. (When the speaker is female)
Elle s'est lavée.

Why is "se habille" conjugated into "s'habillaient" in the quiz question above? Shouldn't it be:

"Quand j'étais jeune, les gens se sont habillés différemment"?

Asked 6 years ago

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