What's the origin of se recueillir as a verb for "to meditate"? It seems so different than the verb recueillir meaning "to note" or "to collect". If one wants to say one is practicing meditation should one use se recueillir or méditer ?

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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I had difficulty with translating the negitive feelings. "i don't like" "hate" in

Ex- "Je n'aime pas les foules et je déteste danser" from "
I don't like crowds and I hate dancing"
I came up with "Je deteste les foules et je hate danser"

Some vernacular examples would help.

Asked 3 years ago

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LB Show L.Kwiziq community member

Spelling/Grammar correction

Is “ Tu as visitée Paris” grammatically correct?

Asked 3 years ago

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Shoshie F.B1Kwiziq community member

An English error in a quiz question.

In one quiz question it states :

Quand j'étais enfant, ________ au chœur du collège.

When I was a child, I used to belong to the high school choir.

(HINT: Use "appartenir" (to belong))

The correct English for collège is middle school. Lycée is high school.

Asked 3 years ago

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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'...?

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Missing audio phrase

Just an F.Y.I.:

The exercise is missing the audio, "...et vous prenez la rue en face." during the dictation. I clicked the button several times, but there was no sound.

Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

faire du camping au lieu de camping, vi.

I used "faire du camping", which is good French and comes straight from le grand Robert. Why was this rejected?

Asked 4 years ago

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