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Anna-Liisa D.A0Kwiziq community member

Thank you for writing in to support. You wrote: "The car is feminine une voiture. Why is NOUVELLE wrong? I have not seen NEUVE used before. Can you ex

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Incorrect translation of 'when she heard'

This weeks Weekend workout (A Lovely Encounter 31-09-2018) asks for a translation of 'She had just closed her eyes when she heard a little squeal comming from the bushes.'

For the 'when she heard' section I answered: 'quand elle a entendu' but the answer was given as 'quand elle entendit' (passé sample).

Could you please explain why "quand elle a entendu" is incorrect.

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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quelqu'un and its derivatives

Why are quelqu'un, quelqu'une, quelques-uns, quelques-unes left out? These indefinite pronouns are more natural IMO than certain, certains, certaine, certaines and mean the same thing. In both cases you carve out a subset of individuals w/o further identification. Per robert online certain is a synonym. Here is modern and absolute meaning of QUELQU'UN..........

1 Une personne totalement indéterminée. « On dirait que quelqu'un joue du piano quelque part » (Alain-Fournier).➙ on. Le besoin de parler àquelqu'un.

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Conjugation of subjonctive in sentence

Nous avions dû nettoyer la maison avant que mes parents ne vissent le désordre.

What is the verb "vissent" - I can only find - voir/ils voient

Merci

Dragana

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor