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J. B.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of g

I hear « réguliers « with a soft g sound as in ange , instead of a hard g as in guerre. Is this a particularity of accent?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Answer Doesn't Match Text

In the third sentence, the second phrase in English to be translated is given in the exercise as "...the pronunciation is difficult...", without the adverb "very" being used before "difficult" , however the French translation in the exercise & in the final full text is given as "...la prononciation est très difficile..." instead of "...la prononciation est difficile...".

Asked 3 years ago

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James M.C1Kwiziq community member

plural/singularWhy "coller leurs poissons dans le dos de leurs amis" not "coller leurs poissons dans les dos de leurs amis"?

Asked 2 years ago

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Rania I.B2Kwiziq community member

Vowels and des becoming D’

Since épinards starts with a vowel why is it not d’épinards? Or is it always des when referring to some? Can you help me figure out when we use d’ as opposed to des?

Asked 3 years ago

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shirqille t.B2Kwiziq community member

Avoir besoin de in different tenses

I assume that the avoir aspect of the sentence also changes with tense for example:

Imparfaite =J'avais besoin de= I have needed

Future= J'aurai besoin de= I will need

Passe compose= J'ai eu besoin de= I needed

Plus-que-Parfaite= J'avais eu besoin de= I have had needed

etc.

Is this correct?

Asked 3 years ago

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Conjugating s’asseoir

I gave elle s’assoit avec son fils but this was corrected to elle s’assois which isn’t the 3rd person .

Asked 3 years ago

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EDOARDO F.A2Kwiziq community member

Questionne sur "-t-" en le questions

Bonjour. Je voudrais savoir pourquoi, spécialmente dans le journaux, de temps en temps il y a en la troisieme personne singuliere ce construction (existe-t-il, a-t-il...).

Asked 3 years ago

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Archana J.C1Kwiziq community member

Les doutes

Pourquoi on ne peut pas écrire?

1)Après être séparé au lieu de après s’être séparé. Dans la premiere option est-ce qu'il faut un objet....après être séparé de .... qqchose

2)six mois avant au lieu de six mois plus tôt?

3)That was the last time we played matchmakers

j'ai ecrit

c’était la dernière fois qu'on a joué les matchmakers.(c'est acceptable??)

Merci .

Asked 3 years ago

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Javier m.A0Kwiziq community member

Would this be a correct sentence when using Il y a as "for"

"I have been living here for 10 years" --> J'habite ici il y a 10 ans". I know the translation provided by the video is "Il y a 10 ans sue J'habite ici". Why can't I say the I live part (J'habite) first? Thank u :)

Asked 2 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

je puisse vs j'aie pu

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Le temps des deux parties m'a confuse dans cette phrase.

Il y a un exemple ou on utiliserait le subjonctif passe comme ca:

Asked 4 years ago

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