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Duke H.B1Kwiziq community member
Please explain "Il lui (verbe)"Bonjour! I'm trying to improve my French through reading, and I've encountered a problem that I don't think was covered in my lessons. I keep seeing the following structure used in a sentence: "Il lui (verbe)." For example: "Il lui manque la montié d'une oreille et ses yeux sont... ." I unferstand this sentence to mean "He is missing half of an ear, and his eyes are... ." My problem is that I can't figure out why such sentences are using "Il lui (verbe)" instead of just "Il (verbe)." Another example is "Il lui arrive même de nous faire cadeau d'un rat." Could you please explain (1) is "lui" is being used as a stress pronoun in this case? And (2) why is it being used at all? Marci! -Duke
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randolf c.A0Kwiziq community member
je viens de manila.
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D. B.B1Kwiziq community member
lent as adverbThis lesson says -ent adjectives become -emment adverbs. However a previous lesson said lent becomes lentement as adverb. Are both spelling forms accepted?
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Tom Rune K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
The preposition "de"Is the preposition "de" needed whenever "faire exprès" is followed by an infinitive? Whereas with conjugated verbs we can do without "de"? Or is it more complicated than that?
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Tom Rune K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Can "en" ever express waiting?I understand the examples given in this lecture (although I'd have like "en" to be contrasted with "pendant" as well), but can "en" ever mean "in" as in "I'll leave in one hour"? Or should I forget completely about using "en" in that sense?
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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Il faut faire son litWhy is it not il faut faire ton or votre lit, rather than son
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Tom Rune K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
En vs pendantI don't understand the difference (if any) between "en" and "pendant" when it comes to duration. Could you say both "j'ai mangé pendant une heure" and "j'ai mangé en une heure" to express "I ate for one hour"? Are there other examples (with duration) where you'd have to use one over the other?
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ramachandrika b.A1Kwiziq community member
I couldn't see quizzes for any lesson.what may be the reason?
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Tom Rune K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Definite articles with "de"This is probably a hopeless question, but why do masculine countries require an article with "de" whereas feminine ones do not? Why not "Je viens de la France"?
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Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
I have, I will, etc.In English when someone asks, "Have you finished your homework"? we say, "I have". When someone says to tell someone hello for me, we say, "I will". What are the French equivalents to these short responses? I know the meaning is implied in English but can you do the same in French?
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