I'm having a terrible time with pronunciation of these verbs. Google translate doesn't pick it up well even when I play clips of the native speakers. Any suggestions?

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Alfa M.B2Kwiziq community member

the grammar

i don't understand the translation. why is "she would read" translated to "elle lisait" and not "elle lirait"?

i thought that "would" is conditional verb in english so it should be translated too to conditionnel in french? need any explication

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sivani p.A1Kwiziq community member

More Nationalities

Is there a way to possibly include more nationalities

Asked 2 years ago

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Marisa M.C1Kwiziq community member

Spelling - hanoukia or hanoukkia?

In the exercise "Hanoucca dans ma famille (Vocabulaire)", it is spelled "hanoukkia" with two k's. Are both spellings correct, or just one? Thank you!

Asked 4 years ago

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John T.C1Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi est-ce qu'on utilise l'imparfait pour la premiere partie de cette phrase mais on utilise le passe compose pour le deuxieme partie?

Since both parts of the sentence refer to a feeling/opinion, shouldn't both parts be conjugated using the imperfect past tense?

"Je ne voulais pas choisir pour elle, mais j'ai été soulagé"

Thanks in advance,

John

Asked 3 years ago

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Tandy W.C1Kwiziq community member

negation of "vous vous êtes réveillé" (quiz problem, lacks "s")

In one of the quiz questions, we are asked to negate "vous vous êtes réveillé". But isn't that a mistake? Shouldn't it be "vous vous êtes réveillés"? And therefore the negation would be "vous ne vous êtes pas réveillés"?

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paul b.C1Kwiziq community member

without specifying?Ils devaient venir ce soir, mais ils ont annulé à la dernière minute.They were supposed to come tonight, but they cancelled at the last minute.

When conjugated in L'Imparfait (Indicatif), devoir refers to a past obligation, without specifying whether it was met or not.
Actually, in most cases, the obligation was not met.
The first example in the above lesson definately specifies that they didn't come when supposed to. How is that complying with this rule "without specifying whether it was met or not"

Asked 2 years ago

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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

First/third person avai(t/s)

In "et lui avait demandé où", isn't the subject still the author, so that it should be "avais"?

Asked 5 years ago

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