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ian e.C1Kwiziq community member

Ouvrer les bras

Can one use ‘écarter les bras’ as an alternative to ‘ouvrer les bras’?

Asked 3 years ago

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of "s" in an exercise

In an exercise - Pauline s'habille de plus en plus élégamment.

Why is the 2nd "s" not pronounced as a "z" - given that the word following starts with an é ?

I have been studying the rules and just did a quiz on this.

Asked 3 years ago

Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of Subject after C'est / Ce sont

1) Ce sont les plus beaux paysages de la région. VS. Ce sont les paysages les plus beaux de la région.

2) C'est la moins difficile question. VS. C'est la question la moins difficile.

3) J'achète le moins cher pull. VS. J'achète le pull le moins cher.

Is there a difference between the 2 ways of writing? Are both correct?

Asked 3 years ago

Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Not a question, but sounds like a great day I'd like to do merci beaucoup :)

Merci pour les nouveaux exercices d’écoute !

Asked 3 years ago

Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"nous étions de retour de l'école"

Can you explain grammatically the construction if this phrase? I get that it means "we got home from school", but it seems unnecessarily complicated. Could you not say "nous étions retourné de l'école"?

Asked 3 years ago

Owen W.B2Kwiziq community member

faire comme'J'allais enfin faire comme mes grands frères !' as an english native i find this sentence very hard to parse, can someone explain the use of 'faire comme' here cause i see it elsewhere as well

Asked 2 years ago

G. D.C1Kwiziq community member

Pas encore vs toujours pas and il faut que je vs il me faut

Can you say "je n'ai pas encore reçu" instead of "je n'ai toujours pas reçu"?

Also, can you say "il m'a fallu frapper à chaque porte"?

Asked 3 years ago

Alex P.B2Kwiziq community member

Why the present tense and not the compound tense?

For "And I've worked in the same town...", I put "J'ai travaillé dans the la même ville..." but the correct answer is given as "Et je travaille dans la même ville...".

Why is the present conjugation of travailler used instead of the compound tense?

Asked 2 years ago

nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

HI,

My friend and I were wondering who would be correct.

She said: The sentence would be vous venez à hurt heures ce soir?

But, I told her the sentence should be Vous venez à vingt-deux ce soir. Since it would be the 24 hour clock for 8pm. Would I be correct?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 2 years ago

Vincent P.B1Kwiziq community member

What is the difference between très and trop? Because it corrected me when I said "Il est très drôle" instead of "Il est trop drôle". Thanks!

Asked 2 years ago

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