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Brian D.C1Kwiziq community member

When to use subjunctive

Pourquoi on utilise le subjonctive avec cette phrase:

Ce sont les meilleures vacances qu'elle ait passées !

Mais pas avect celle-ci:

Ces chanteurs sont les pires que j'ai écoutés !

Je note l'explication qui suit:

Therefore, Le Mode Indicatif can only be used in such cases where the sentence refers to established true facts or statements.

Asked 2 years ago

David T.C1Kwiziq community member

On ne s'était jamais autant ressemblésOn ne s'était jamais autant ressemblés que ce Noël-là, - ou On ne s'était jamais autant ressemblé que ce Noël-là, ?

Asked 3 years ago

ZIJUN W.A2Kwiziq community member

j'ai mangé pendant une heure vs j'ai mangé en une heure.

Do they have the same meaning: I ate within one heure?

Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

patrick r.C1Kwiziq community member

In the sentence "Ils quittent le travail à 19 heures." if the verb was replaced by partent or sortent would that change the meaning, or just be wrong?

Asked 3 years ago

Annabel C.A2Kwiziq community member

Starting a sentence with être, inversion?

I was doing an Alevel french translation and encountered this. I could guess the meaning ‘24 free services are offered’ but I don’t get why the word order is like this.

Sont proposés 24 services gratuits, dont la recharge du téléphone et une coupe de cheveux.

Asked 3 years ago

Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Pronoun / adjective agreement

I am looking at this sentence - 'la procédure d'adoption s'est avérée encore plus éprouvante que nous l'avions envisagé' - and wondering why 'envisagé' doesn't agree with the 'l' that comes before it - assuming that pronoun is feminine because it refers back to 'la procédure'...?

Asked 3 years ago

G. D.C1Kwiziq community member

Pas encore vs toujours pas and il faut que je vs il me faut

Can you say "je n'ai pas encore reçu" instead of "je n'ai toujours pas reçu"?

Also, can you say "il m'a fallu frapper à chaque porte"?

Asked 3 years ago

Diego M.C1Kwiziq community member

Question error or...?''Mathilde a rentré la voiture avant qu'il ne pleuve.'''means:
Why is it "...qu'il ne pleuve." as opposed to "qu'il pleuve."?Mathilde put the car away before it rained.

Asked 4 years ago

Eugene M.C1Kwiziq community member

Is bien entendu an adverb?

Hello, please advise if ´bien entendu’ is an adverb in the phrase J'avais bien entendu parler de ce nouveau poste and parler should be a participle

Thank you

Asked 3 years ago

Rebecca L.C1Kwiziq community member

why passé compose rather than plus-que-parfait

why is: You had your curtains changed, translated as "Tu as fait changer tes rideaux."

I understood that "had" uses the plus-que-parfait?

Asked 1 year ago

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