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Sian H.A2Kwiziq community member

Inconsistency in UK region/ county gendersHello, Can you please help me understand how to ‘gender’ UK counties? The lesson suggests that female regions end in an ‘e’. Yet the ones I’ve encountered (Hampshire, Merseyside) are masculine. Cornwall, with no ‘e’, is feminine. How am I meant to work this out? Is there any rule? Or is it just random and I have to remember them all?

Asked 3 years ago

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Denise L.B2Kwiziq community member

English: people don’t usually kiss themselves!

Comment: This may be grammatically correct in French, but in English, if you say that two people are ‘kissing themselves’, that would literally mean that each of them is kissing their OWN bodies (or parts of), And of course, this would be bizarre.

Asked 5 years ago

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Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Adverbial EN in Passé Composé

Are they correct depending on whether 'en' means it (singular) or them (plural)?

1. Pierre m'en a offert. / Pierre m'en a offerte. [Pierre offered some of it/them to me.](If COD/Direct Object - 'en' - it/them)

2. J'ai mangé des chocolats. --> J'en ai mangés. [I ate them.]

Are agreement rules applicable in Passé Composé for 'en' when it is a Direct Object Pronoun ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“Needs to” apparent consistency

if ‘avoir envie de’ can be used as an alternative to ‘avoir besoin de’ for saying ‘needs to go to the bathroom’, why can’t it also be used for ‘needs to take a day off’? Isn’t it all down to context in both cases?

Asked 3 years ago

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Adelaida L.C1Kwiziq community member

Je mange plein de barbe à papa

Would it be, then, "je mange plein de chocolat" or "plein de chocolats"? "Plein de pomme de terre" or "plein de pommes de terre"? Thanks in advance.

Asked 3 years ago

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Chloé C.A1Kwiziq community member

"Va" faire la queue

Why we use "va" instead of "vas"? I thought it was "vas" since they communicate with "Tu".

Asked 3 years ago

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Ian C.C1Kwiziq community member

Multiple subjunctives in one sentence?

In this sentence, "Je veux que tu saches qu'il veut que tu viennes", why not "qu'il veuille" subjunctive in place of "qu'il veut?"

Asked 3 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Are there differences in meaning between these expressions ?

A lot to take in!

In English "the day after", "the next day" and the "the following day" mean the same. Likewise "the day before" = "the previous day". In French, do le lendemain, le jour d’après and le jour suivant /la veille, le jour d’avant and le jour précédent differ from each other in meaning or mainly in register?

Secondly, from the point of view of today, are l’après-demain and l’avant-hier used in conversation?

Asked 1 year ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

nous a le plus marqués

I don't understand "nous a le plus marqués" Maybe it should be "nous avons le plus marqués" ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Adam B.C1Kwiziq community member

Vous viendrez avec nous

Could you have "Vous nous accompagnerez la prochaine fois"? as well as "Vous viendrez avec nous.."?

Thanks