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Chris W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Recording problem in dictation exercise "Le Hellfest de Clisson"?

I was just listening to this exercise and came upon this sentence:

En une quinzaine d'années, c'est devenu le rendez-vous incontournable des amateurs de musiques dites "extrêmes".

The word quinzaine does not appear to be correctly recorded, it sounds way off to my ears.

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A real challenge

This was possibly the most difficult C1 exercise that I have tackled. Nevertheless, I tried it. I scored myself at 40 out of 70. It simply points out how far I have to go. Thanks for the challenge.

Asked 4 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Public transport

What is the difference between les transports en commun and les transports publics?

Asked 4 years ago

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Olea W.A1Kwiziq community member

C´est vs Elle est

Hello, I am wondering why to use "c´est" instead of "elle est" to translate "she is an angel". Doesn't "c´est" mean "it is", used to describe an object? Can you use "c´est" about a person and why is it better than simply saying "elle est"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Herb C.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronouncing the ¨s¨ in ¨plus¨

Is the ¨s¨ always pronounced in this usage (i.e. ¨plus que¨, ¨plus ... que¨), or are there some conditions for when it is and is not pronounced (i.e. ¨plu que¨)?

(This may be covered in another lesson, but might be a useful tip for this lesson)

Asked 3 years ago

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Emma S.A1Kwiziq community member

Is there a way of moving multiple Items (lessons) from one notebook to another?

Good evening,

Is there a way of moving multiple items(lessons) from one notebook to another? Once I have completed tests on certain subjects, I want to move them out of my main notebook and into a different one, so I'm only tested on the things I really need to learn quickly. Is there a way of doing of this without going into each individual lesson and moving it from there?

Many thanks,

Emma

Asked 5 years ago

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shirqille t.B2Kwiziq community member

Potirons= Pumpkin

Je pense que le mot critrouille est "pumpkin" en francais. je n'ai entendu pas de potirons?

Asked 3 years ago

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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member

Il adorait ces réunions. Je pense que tu devrais commencer avec "eux"? Question on pronoun used after avec

Does "avec eux" refer back to "réunions"? If so, shouldn't you use avec "elles"? Also, Je suis sûre qu'"elles" (meetups) pourront t'aider...

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question about 'autres tissus

In the sentence, "Chaque après-midi, dès que la cloche sonnait la fin de l'école, je courais jusqu'à la devanture alléchante de la mercerie Arnaud qui regorgeait de bobines de fil coloré, de boutons enchanteurs et autres tissus à motifs, tous plus attrayants les uns que les autres.", there appear to be a series of nouns associated with the verb, regorger de. We have de bobines, de boutons, but tissus (not de tissus). Why isn't it d'autres tissus to follow the pattern ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Liyunzi C.A2Kwiziq community member

qu'est ce que c'est 《Mais c'était sans compter sur mon merveilleux copain ! 》

does it mean "but it didn't depend on my fabulous boyfriend?" it just sounds a little weird...

Asked 4 years ago

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