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Tom K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Pourquoi "le raisin mur"

Pourquoi "le raisin mûr" au lieu de "des (ou les) raisins mûrs" dans la phrase :

Les vendangeurs cueillent le raisin mûr.

par rapport à

Mon fils cueille des pâquerettes pour la Fête des Mères.

Asked 6 years ago

S. H.C1Kwiziq community member

I am confused: the first two sentences use the past tense, one with juste au cas oû, the other au cas oû but your explanation only talks about the conditional tense and not why these first two sentences are different.

Asked 6 years ago

Gregory S.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement question

This question got marked "Incorrect" because the past participle didn't have the "e" at the end: Je félicitais Julie pour être parti à temps. The subject/actor in this sentence could be either male or female. Should the past participle agree with the indirect object ("Julie", in this case)? Or with the Subject, "Je"? If the agreement is with the subject, then either "partie" or "parti" would be correct.

Thanks! Greg

Asked 6 years ago

Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je suis retourné me coucher après que tu es parti.Il faut que je rie. J'ai écrit <je suis retourné me coucher après que tu t'en es allé. Bien sûr, cela avait tort. Je comprends que j'aurais dû écrire la reponse différemment comme vous l'avez fait. Mais avais-je raison. J'ai tenu les deux phrases dans le temps correcte, je le crois. Qu'est-ce que vous en pensez? Évidement, je joue avec cette phrase. Je m'en suis amusé. Don

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John W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

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Anna T.C1Kwiziq community member

“We we’re driving...” Nous conduisions or Nous étions conduire? Merci!Were not we’re

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M S.A2Kwiziq community member

Starting a sentence with "quoi"I was marked wrong on using 'quoi" as "what" at the start a sentence. The correct answer is supposedly "que." Why is "quoi" not also acceptable?

Asked 6 years ago

Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

For "Je suis puni pour ________ en retard", The correct answer is given as "être arrivé". I answered "m'être arrivé" Was my answer correct also, and if not could you explain? Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Indicative + subjunctive + subjective / indicative?

The question is: He'd like you to know he loves you.

The answer given is:

Il voudrait que tu saches qu'il t'aime.

Is the 3rd verb (aimer) in the indicative or subjunctive tense.

Example

We’d like you to know that we love you

Nous voudrions que vous sachiez que nous vous aimons / que nous vous aimions

Asked 6 years ago

MBP P.B2Kwiziq community member

How to use, accents, on IPad keyboard

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