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Lanny R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

certain -vs- (un) peu deSo I overlooked answering with "certain" for the question : Il y a un ___. (There is some risk.) As risk is uncountable I went with : Il y a un peu de risque. (There is a bit of risk.) In English I can think of instances where those differ (your example of full stress on "some" being one of them.) but they seem mostly interchangable. Any hints on when to use "certain" and when to use "(un) peu de" in French?

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Almut H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

She is lucky - elle est chanceuse."Elle est chanceuse" should be accepted too. The second link provided by Ron (https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english-french/lucky) event lists "chanceux" as translation of "lucky".

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Joseph K.C1Kwiziq community member

'En' other uses

When 'in' is used in other contexts, apart from physical locations, would 'en' be used?

E.g. En réalité - In reality

Je suis fort en langues vivantes - I am strong in Foreign Languages

En industrie du bâtiment - In the building industry

Ces médicaments sont en sirop - This medication is in (the form of) syrup

Paul est rentré en colère - Paul returned home in Anger

By the way, please correct if wrong, thank you

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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Dans means the time is still taken to do a task ?

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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En means the total duration of time has been taken to do a task.

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Isn't en interchangeable with dans?And yet it's a wrong answer.

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" You took this Kwiz quite recently...soon! " When can I take Kwizs again?How long does someone have to wait before they're arbitrarily allowed to take a Kwiz again? Also, I'm confused about how none of my questions in this site period seem to get answered, or maybe they are answered and I just don't get the answer sent to me or something.

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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Les deux phrases sont correcte?

la fille derrière qui je suis assis est belle.

La fille derrière laquelle je suis assis est belle.

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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

We can also say

une tasse à café.

A cup for coffee?

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theresa b.A1Kwiziq community member

how do we change a sentence in past tense to gerondif?

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