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Michael D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Avoir - get vs. have un permit de conduire

In the example:

Il faut qu'ils aient leur permis de conduire.
They must get their driving licence.

Avoir us used here similarly to "avoir un exam". Here it means they must 'obtain' their driver's license.

But how would you say: "They must have their driver's license (with them)"?

Context might be one way, but if 'they' was ambiguous, the imperative sentence would be ambiguous.

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D. A.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

wanted to know why double nous in nous,nous congelons tout! Merci

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Ayushi J.A0KwizIQ community member

Can the Vocabulary list of countries be made available as a downloadable interactive PDF file or an option to add it to the Notebooks section?

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Janet K.B1KwizIQ community member

from before

Is this right

Les nouveaux voisins sont arrives.

Les nouvelles voisines sont arrives.

Sorry I can't work the accent for arrives.

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Janet K.B1KwizIQ community member

Good Morning Teachers and helpers. I have a question about neighbours in the feminine plural.

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Donna F.C1KwizIQ community member

Serais-tu intéressé d'aller au musée avec moi demain? Voudrais-tu voir la exposition de Alexandre Cartel? Il était un artist american francophone qui

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Donna F.C1KwizIQ community member

Je serai tellement contente si je pouvais parler français courament. Je voudrais avoir une conversation avec mes amis francophones. C'est possible?

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Carys G.B1KwizIQ community member

Articles (de oh

''Je n'ai pas mangé de viande depuis dix ans.'' means: I haven't eaten any meat for ten years.

Could we also say "Je n'ai pas mangé la viande depuis dix ans" ?

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Patrick R.A1KwizIQ community member

I could not tell the gender of alexa

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Lewis S.C1KwizIQ community member

Qui doen't contract before a vowel

Qu'est-ce que tu penses?

but,

Qui est-ce qui vient ce soir?

Just wondering why 'Qui', which ends in a vowel, wouldn't contract when the following word begins with a vowel, as does the example with 'Que'?

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