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Alexander N.C1Kwiziq community member
"Mathilde a rentré la voiture avant qu'il ne pleuve"

Would someone be able to explain the need for the ne in that sentence?  Or link to the lesson that explains it?  I'm stumped.

(it was translated as "Mathilde put the car away before it rained.")

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Lewis S.C1Kwiziq community member
Correction of conjugated verb

The test question: My mates are not going to celebrate the new year.

HINT: Use Le Futur Proche

I wrote: Mes potes n'iront pas célébrer la nouvelle année.

Correct answer: Mes potes ne vont pas célébrer la nouvelle année.

If 'vont' is Le Présent and 'iront' is Le Futur, then why would my answer be incorrect?

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Debra E.A2Kwiziq community member
Dicté 27th July oppositesYou wrote: "in the dicté of the 27th July, IWear glasses is des lunettes but he wears glasses is de lunettes, why is there a difference
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Muhammad D.Kwiziq community member
tell me ten after six
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Muhammad D.Kwiziq community member
il est six heure
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Divya B.B1Kwiziq community member
Inde l' or d' or none

Sometimes you see India written like Inde (Informations générales sur Inde)

Sometimes you see  with an l' connaissance de l'Inde

How to know when to use l' and when not to? 

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John L.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Include other formsI feel this lesson should include or at least link to other forms like fais-moi confiance or ne lui fais pas confiance. Trust no one! Don't trust your friends! I think we use those more.
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Katie A.C1Kwiziq community member
Leurs témoignages ___ont paru_____ louches à la police. This is Q 6 — why is the adjective in agreement with the subject?
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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Examples showing agreement without an object pronoun.

In the Weekend Challenge: 'My plan for the day of the exam' one of the translations required is 'that I'll have chosen the day before'. 

The answes given are: 

'que j'aurai choisiS la veille'  OR 'que j'aurai sélectionnéS la veille'

There is no object pronoun in either of these answers, so why are the past participles 'choisi' and 'sélectionné' writen with an S added for agreement?

Thank you

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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Faire de, jouer àJust wondering if it might be possible to add a note after the end of the examples for »jouer à/au » and sport saying NB when you play an instrument however you say « jouer à la/au » just to remind people that jouer is used in this way also???
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