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Maya M.A2Kwiziq community member
Avant que vs Avant de

What is the difference between the usage of 'avant que' + subjonctif and 'avant de' + indicatif? Are there certain situations where can only use one or the other?

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Rob L.C1Kwiziq community member
Negation with both direct and indirect pronouns in passé composé

It might be useful to incorporate the above into a lesson and give the rules for this type of construction, for example explaining the word order in sentences such as:

Je ne le lui ai pas donné hier - I didn't give it to him yesterday

Asked 6 years ago
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Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Je ne sens plus mes jambesHello, in the writing test for A2 Week 35 'Je ne sens plus mes jambes' is given as the answer for a translation of 'I can't feel my legs anymore.' Since in this sentence 'jambes' are the object, this left me a bit confused. ~Could you help please?
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John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
In this case, car is used in the same sense as parce que?
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Magnus H.C1Kwiziq community member
ainsi que
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Anthea P.C1Kwiziq community member
Après avoir/êtreAll of the examples I've seen with après avoir/être + past particple are followed by another action in the past tense e.g. 'après avoir lu mon livre, je suis allé au lit'. However, can the comstruction be used with a second action in the present tense? e.g. 'après avoir lu mon livre, je vais au lit' to mean 'after reading my book, I go to bed'.
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John I.B2Kwiziq community member
Hi Laura - can you invert "n'avoir plus de" to form a question?ie - Don't you have any money left?
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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Can 'aussi que' be used to mean "(included) as well as"?An example from lesson on comparative adverbs: Je chante aussi bien que ma tante. I sing as well as my aunt. Here, aussi que means as well as. In English, we can also say 'there are sandwiches as well as a cake', in which 'as well as' implies 'included as well as'. Cheryl
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Mohammad S.A2Kwiziq community member
Bonjour Aurélie, How can I make Negative of double object pronoun in present and passé composé ?? Glad to have your reply. Rgds/ Mohammad Shibly
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Leo W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
J'ai eu peur Vs. J'avais peur

I saw the sentence below in a test:

* J'ai eu peur que nous soyons arrivés trop tard *

Why not J'avais peur que nous soyons arrivés trop tard ?!?!

I believe it should be j'avais because we are describing how scared I was, so we should use Imparfait over passe composé !

Thank you 

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