in the examples to the lesson "Passer with etre and avoir... change meanings" https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/my-languages/french/view/4583 the sentence Elle est passée chez Laurent hier is certainly used with "etre", while in the example to the current lesson the example with the same meaning as I can understand from translation implies "avoir": Je passe devant chez toi tous les matins.

What is the difference? Is there any particualar nuance?

Thanks!

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Trupti B.A1Kwiziq community member

Adjectif+ noun and des

Bon jour,

I still don't understand why des changes to de or d' . If it's a vowel it's fine but adjectif+ noun ,why in this case . Why des changes ,how does it make a difference to the sentence.

In case of partitive article ,while doing negation des changes to de as there is no quantity. That's understandable.

What's the rule here ,as it's article des.

Thank you.

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Rob Y.B1Kwiziq community member

Why is elle met les tasses là not accepted for she put the cups there?

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aime vraiment

In the quiz "aime vraiment" was marked wrong and "aime beaucoup" was required.

As far as I can tell both are equally valid and in common use, even though this lesson does not mention "aime vraiment". And from a literal point of view, since the English said "really like" and not "like a lot" "aime vraiment" seems more appropriate.

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Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

She's a good dancer - c'est? I understand that things have a male/female gender in French, unlike English where things generally are neutral, but is it really so that you can use "c'est" about a person?

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tristan m.A0Kwiziq community member

n'est-ce pas docteur pas médecin?

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can anyone explain the difference between continuer à and continuer de? thank you

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pounds are not used in any French-speaking countries - are they?

Why does Kwiziq (and some other apps that teach French) make use of "livre" (meaning "pound") in their examples. I have seen it used for both weight and money. France and Canada use it for neither. The US use it for weight but are there any countries that use it for money any longer.

Is it just so we can read historical novels set in English-speaking countries? If so I would not expect to see it used so often when there must be many more useful vocab words that we could be encouraged to memorize.

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