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helen d.C1Kwiziq community member

tel & tellement

hi can you explain how to use tel and tellement please

Asked 5 years ago

Shubham M.B2Kwiziq community member

I would like to know if it is correct...I wrote a quotation in English and now I translated it in French. It's something like that: ( Dans le grand schéma de l'univers, ni vous ni un millier d'autres gens n'aurez un jour de l'importance. Nous ne sommes qu'un infime grain de sable dans une immensité que l'on ne peut même pas imaginer. En acceptant cela, le seul sens que votre vie, ou n'importe quelle autre vie, peut avoir dans une telle immensité est le sens que vous la donnez. Rêvez en grand, amusez-vous, et surtout soyez honnête et soyez heureux. ) In English: ( In the grand scheme of the universe, nothing you or one thousand other people do will ever begin to remotely matter. We are nothing but an infinitesimal speck on a scale we cannot even begin to fathom. Accepting that, the only meaning that your life, or any life, can have on such a scale is the meaning for which you give it. Dream big, live fun, and most importantly be honest and be happy. ) I would like to know if I have translated my quotation correctly in French. Thank you in advance! Note: All my writing pieces are solely my literary work and authorized.

Asked 8 years ago

Susan J.A1Kwiziq community member

what does jamais mean ?

if we use ne ... jamais to say never then when do we use ne pas?

Asked 8 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est la même?This may be a rule I have made up but I thought there was no agreement with même when it followed c'est?

Asked 8 years ago

Sukanya L.A0Kwiziq community member

Quést-ce que la vie? est vie Quést-ce que Je prends?I am trying to say what is life? Is life what I think it is? tell me if I got it write

Asked 8 years ago

Ian T.A1Kwiziq community member

Je voudrais un tasse de café, mais je ne veux pas des sucre. Est-ce correct ?

Asked 5 years ago

Nicholas D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why not "tu es chanceux"

Asked 8 years ago

Alvin S.B1Kwiziq community member

Which verbs take which object: direct or indirect?I think I understand the concept of when to use le/la/les vs lui, leur. However besides the three verbs (téléphoner, parler, demander) you used as examples, I don't know which verbs take a direct or indirect object. How does one determine which type of object a verb takes?

Asked 7 years ago

Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you translate "peach" (the color), as in "Peach is my favorite color." ?

I understand that "pêche" can be used as an adjective (les robes pêche, le stylo pêche, etc.) and that it's invariable (as are marron and orange). I am confused as to whether it would be "LA pêche est ma couleur préférée." or "LE pêche est ma couleur préférée." I was taught that when colors are used as nouns (rather than adjectives) they are always masculine. I've found examples in dictionaries that show it as both, but I'd like to be able to tell someone definitively how to say it. The way I'm seeing it most frequently is 'la couleur pêche'. Can it be referred to as 'la pêche' (thereby breaking the "all masculine" rule)? Le marron and l'orange don't help much...

Thank you very much!

Bonnie Christianson

Asked 5 years ago

A.Marisol M.A1Kwiziq community member

J'habite au Honduras. Bonjour! Enchanté de vous connaître. AA

Asked 8 years ago

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