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Julianne Q.B2Kwiziq community member

why is 'du' used for Alana est descendu du train juste a temps?the instructions prior says 'de' becomes 'du' when followed by le or les - neither of which occurs in this example. is it because train is masculine? and the du train replaces 'de le train'? It's a bit unclear given de l' is used in the example with masculine noun l'avion - 'Aurelie descend de l'avion'. thank you

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How does one say "He has a bad knee" in French?ie, a chronically bad knee, as opposed to one that it is in pain right now?

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fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is 'desservir' to clear and to service at the same time?

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Terence O.A0Kwiziq community member

When would you use << faire >> as compared to other verbs? For example, "I am making a cake" as compared to "I am baking a cake". I guess I'm asking whether it's safe to substitute << faire >> for other French verbs that I haven't learnt if in English the verb can be replaced with "doing" or "making".

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Rob Y.B1Kwiziq community member

Asking a question in FrenchWouldn't "Allez-vous au cinéma ce soir" without a question mark be a statement i.e. Go to the cinema tonight?

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Andrea N.C1Kwiziq community member

"Je suis entré dans le salon sans que tu ne me voies." Since the main verb is not negated, aren't you NOT supposed to use the ne explétif?

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Andrea N.C1Kwiziq community member

"Je suis entré dans le salon sans que tu ne me voies."

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Lisa K.A2Kwiziq community member

In your example of the tu form of appeler, is that correct?

j'appelle

tu appelles Shouldn't this be (t'appelles)? If not, why?

il/elle/on appelle

nous appelons

vous appelez

ils/elles appellent

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R. S.B2Kwiziq community member

Same problem for "I only DID my homework." As opposed to EATING my homework? Lol!

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R. S.B2Kwiziq community member

The explanations for the examples are very confusing. "We only ATE sweets." I'm not sure when someone would say this...

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