Why is 'penser a' here, but not 'penser de' (opinion). Wouldn't it might be good to know that in addition to 'y' for a clause with 'a'; that 'en' for a clause with 'de' is appropriate (and, I think, clearer than just another 'le')?

[Sorry, I can't seem to do the accents, as needed.]

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Capitalising “les belges”

Hi, with reference to “les Belges brassent près de huit cent variétés de bière ?”, “les Belges brassent près de huit-cent sortes de bière ?”, and “les Belges brassent près de 800 types de bière ?”.

I thought that it was not correct to capitalise “les belges”?

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Janis K.A0Kwiziq community member

why use "`a" for in instead of en, as in " I live in Paris ".

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Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Allons payer

Could 'allons-y et payer' also be used or is this a set phrase? When else do verbs get stacked like this?

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Karen G.C1Kwiziq community member

Is the 'avoir'' auxiliary with 'apparu' commonly used throughout France?

My husband, who is French, is adamant that 'avoir' is not used with apparu. Is it that this is a regional usage (eg Quebec v France or even South of France v Paris where he's from)? Or is it just uncommon? Otherwise, like many a native speaker, he could simply be mistaken!

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Dan A.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of "ben"

Admittedly, I'm more used to Québécois French, but the recording contains what has to be one of the oddest pronunciations of "ben" I have heard. I expect it to rhyme with "hein" or "en", but I swear the recording is closer to "bamme" than anything else.

Am I missing something, or has my ear glitched? Please let me know.

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Ernst v.C1Kwiziq community member

Deux questions

Quel est le genre grammatical de 'Paris', et pourquoi pas 'à la campagne' au lieu de 'dehors de la capitale' ?

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