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Owen W.B2Kwiziq community member

faire comme'J'allais enfin faire comme mes grands frères !' as an english native i find this sentence very hard to parse, can someone explain the use of 'faire comme' here cause i see it elsewhere as well

Asked 2 years ago

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D. A.A1Kwiziq community member

Trying to confirm

Qu'est-ce que c'est [chose]?, Qu'est-ce que c'est que + [something] , Qu'est-ce que + [chose] all mean the same thing and they have the same level of formality, right? Am I understanding this correctly?

Asked 3 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

j'avais laissés avant les vacances

Why is 'laissés' agreeing in number here? It's avoir and there are no preceding pronouns?

Asked 2 years ago

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sami z.A0Kwiziq community member

The french language has many exceptions.

Comment je peux dire en Français

The french language has many exceptions.

Merci beaucoup

Asked 2 years ago

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Kisa V.C1Kwiziq community member

Partitive article

I seem to remember having learned that the partitive article is not used to introduce the subject of a sentence. Please comment.

Asked 2 years ago

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Neil H.A2Kwiziq community member

What was wrong with this answer please?Chaque soir de Hanoucca, on ________ des cadeaux.Every night on Hanukkah, we receive gifts.(HINT: Conjugate "recevoir" in Le Présent)reçoitreç0it

Asked 3 years ago

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Lewis S.C1Kwiziq community member

mais on entend encore

It's very frustrating, even after listening to it 20 times and with the volume turned up, I hear, "...mais longtemps encore très souvent les chansons à la radio...".

Asked 2 years ago

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michael w.B2Kwiziq community member

acheter pour ?

would 'j'ai achete pour ma mere un weekend' be correct ? ( cant do the accents )

Asked 2 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

sans se presser / sans nous presser

One suggestion given for the translation of 'we'll drink it without rushing' is 'nous le boirons sans se presser'. Would it be wrong to say 'nous le boirons sans nous presser' instead?

Asked 3 years ago

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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"cartes d'embarquement","bagage en soute", "pourquoi pas" - new expressions

I needed to research these expressions.

Asked 3 years ago

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