My translate app keeps correcting un évènement to un événement. I used the latter in this exercise and the result was that my answer matched, when it did not. Please explain which is correct. Thank you.

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Chiara F.B1Kwiziq community member

Usage of “à la”/“de la” with all feminine nouns vs feminine with article (New Orleans)

Why do you use “à la” with New-Orleans (On va à la Nouvelle-Orléans la semaine prochaine) if there is no article in the name of Nouvelle-Orléans? Is it because it’s a feminine noun? Do I have to use “à la” and “de la” with all feminine nouns OR only with the ones that start with the feminine articles?

Asked 1 year ago

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Laura C.C1Kwiziq community member

when to use le

D'accord:

"You will NOT use le when talking about weekdays in a specific context (on Monday):

Mercredi, tu iras à l'école.On Wednesday, you will go to school."

UNLESS "when giving a whole date (day/number/month/[year]), such as

Le mardi 5 mars, j'ai rencontré Lola.On Tuesday the 5th of March, I met Lola.

Par example on the test : Le mardi 6 janvier, j'étais malade.On Tuesday the 6th of January, I was sick.

HOWEVER< If the question was "On Tuesday I was sick" (without the whole date), it would be "Mardi, j'étais malade."

Is that correct?? Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Apply for

In the translation of "Before I applied for my current position...", you used postuler. Is "faire une demande de" not a possibility ?

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diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

comme/Qu'est-ce que

Pour "How I wished things were different" les réponses étaient "Comme j'aurais aimé que les choses soient différentes !" et "Qu'est-ce que j'aurais aimé qu'il en soit autrement !" Je ne comprends pas qu'est-ce que dans ce contexte. Pouvez-vous me donner d'autres exemples? Merci.

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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I had difficulty with translating the negitive feelings. "i don't like" "hate" in

Ex- "Je n'aime pas les foules et je déteste danser" from "
I don't like crowds and I hate dancing"
I came up with "Je deteste les foules et je hate danser"

Some vernacular examples would help.

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive of "detester"

THe subjunctive form is "nous ne detestions pas" yet in your exercise you have "nous ne detestons pas" ??

Asked 2 years ago

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Stephen B.B2Kwiziq community member

An English issue

Sorry to be off-topic but this is bugging me. In this page is written “ Il fait beau expresses that the weather looks nice”. This does not sound right (to an old, lifelong English speaker like me). “ Il fait beau expresses the feeling that the weather looks nice”, or similar, sounds better. I don’t think one can “express that …”, IMHO. (Otherwise, I am enjoying the course :)

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