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paul b.C1KwizIQ community member

plais or plait

your answer "ce qui me plait le plus dans ce métier"

should it not be "ce qui me plais le plus dans ce métier" ?

Asked 3 years ago

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i. l.C1KwizIQ community member

Ils trouvent étrange que je choisisse

I am not sure why the subjunctive is used here. I understand that trouver takes indicative in the affirmative, but subjunctive if negative. Here it is affirmative, so presumably the word étrange is causing the change in tense. Perhaps because étrange has a negative connotation, or perhaps simply because it is an adjective, as in être étrange que ..

Asked 1 year ago

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Paul S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

possèderait for conditional of posséder ?

Is this a spelling due to a language reform ? I am not seeing it here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:French_spelling_reforms_of_1990

Both the conjugation tools for WordReference and Reverso only list posséderait as a spelling.

Thanks. Paul.

Asked 3 years ago

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M. P.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is this page all in English?

There seems to be a mistake on this page. Everything is in English!

Asked 3 years ago

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Jack G.C1KwizIQ community member

Cela ne m'avait même pas traversé l'esprit,

Is me a direct object here. I cannot find a definition for 'se traverser'

Asked 3 years ago

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Adam B.C1KwizIQ community member

Je courrai sur le tapis roulant pendant une demie heurent une demi-heure

Can you have "je courrai sur le tapis roulant pour une demie heure" because its the future tense?

Asked 2 years ago

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Pamela L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ce sera tellement drôle.

I translated this as 'Ce sera tellement rigolote' presuming we were talking about the 'farce' which is feminine. It was corrected as rigolo masculine. ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Lori K.C1KwizIQ community member

A moitié, etcNous n'utilisons qu' ________ du sac de riz. We're using only one half of the bag of rice.
Why is the correct answer à moitié, which I take to mean halfway, an adverb?un demià la demiune demieune moitié

Asked 2 years ago

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Stephen B.B2KwizIQ community member

An English issue

Sorry to be off-topic but this is bugging me. In this page is written “ Il fait beau expresses that the weather looks nice”. This does not sound right (to an old, lifelong English speaker like me). “ Il fait beau expresses the feeling that the weather looks nice”, or similar, sounds better. I don’t think one can “express that …”, IMHO. (Otherwise, I am enjoying the course :)

Asked 3 years ago

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Selina B.A1KwizIQ community member

Why when you asked for future tense of prendre for I will take was prendrai wrong please

Asked 3 years ago

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