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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

flannelle or flanelle

Referring to “vous adorerez cette autre idée : modifier un pyjama en flannelle défraîchi.”

for

“you will love this other idea: making alterations to a pair of faded flannel pyjamas.”

I can only find “flanelle” (one “n”, not two) in the dictionaries. And this is a female noun. So should these answers all be “…en flanelle défraîchie.”?

Asked 2 years ago

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Luis S.A2Kwiziq community member

No mention of "beacoup de"

I'm a little confused at the distinction between "beacoup de" and "de nombreux". I used "beacoup de" in an answer and got it wrong, but I believe it was grammatically correct. The answers in the Q&A help a little, but I think it would also help to have this mentioned in the lesson text.

Asked 2 years ago

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Jim H.C1Kwiziq community member

I answered les. The test said this was correct, but that I was wrong. The test reprted both les carrotes were right and wrong. Which is right?

Asked 3 years ago

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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

possèderait for conditional of posséder ?

Is this a spelling due to a language reform ? I am not seeing it here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:French_spelling_reforms_of_1990

Both the conjugation tools for WordReference and Reverso only list posséderait as a spelling.

Thanks. Paul.

Asked 2 years ago

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Rosmarie E.B1Kwiziq community member

When to use Devoir to express to need vs. to must have

I am having a difficult time deciding when devoir is appropriate and when it is not. All the other applications, I am ok with. But if devoir implies "must have" why is a purse a necessity? Why not just Avoir besoin? And why is sleep NOT a necessity (or I may be getting this confused at this point). This is getting to be more of a guessing/memorization thing than an actual understanding thing. I see from the previous posts that this has been discussed ad infinitum so it's not just me. Any easy way to decide when to use devoir and when NOT to use it in this context?

Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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Marie C.C1Kwiziq community member

Le C1 pour cette semaine...

Cela m'a pris 2 heures mais j'en ai tiré beaucoup de belles phrases, et je a été surprise par le suite quand j’ai regardé mon horloge. Bien écrit. Amusant. Merci. : )

Asked 2 years ago

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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je considère que... Subjunctive.

According to https://www.lawlessfrench.com/subjunctivisor/considerer/ this should not be subjunctive. (Strictly speaking)

I am presuming the use of subjunctive here is that the speaker is willing to allow some doubt into her suggestion ? I.e. that She accepts her opinion may not be correct, or that the point is debatable ?

Paul.

-> Please ignore this question, I can't delete it now, I think it's actually "le meilleur roman qui" which means the subjunctive is used in this context. Does that sound like the correct answer ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Pamela P.A2Kwiziq community member

Done? What else? Oh really now?

I’m done—what else can I say?

Asked 3 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En faisant le mur

Can the verb 'faufiler' be used in this context?

Asked 2 years ago

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