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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Martha's son is a very specific person. Why not "il est"?

I think I m getting it

Ce sont+article+noun : ce sont des devoirs difficiles ;c'est le fils de... Il est + adjectifs (specific things, people) Tes devoirs ? ils sont difficiles. Ce garçon : il est gentil.

Asked 7 years ago

Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Plural OragesBonjour RON. I referenced this lesson because I was looking for an answer for the text in the Week 78 B1 writing challenge 'Weather Forcast" 'after a rough night which will likely be punctuated by thunderstorms' = après une nuit agitée qui devrait être ponctuée d’orages,'. I thought it might be from the ponctuée but I think its followed by par not de, I don't see any adjectives or negative sentences.

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Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

More context needed, SVPN'importe qui peut entrer chez toi ---> Anyone can come in your place I would have thought the translation to be «Anyone can enter your home.» With the translation provided, it says that «if I am unable to attend, anyone can attend in my place» like for a meeting, etc. Is this an idiomatic phrase, perhaps a UK translation? Merci en avance.

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

N’importe qui peut entrer chez toi. I find the of ‘anyone can come in your place’

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Siner B.A2Kwiziq community member

I mean for pluriels .; they ,we ,you

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Siner B.A2Kwiziq community member

i would like to ask if in those both situation if we congugate it.

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meth s.A0Kwiziq community member

comment ça va ?

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Jose R.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is "soit des vacances soit du travail" wrong as a translation of "either holiday or work"?

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

depuis suggests using the present but what about when the sentence describes a condition?La Dame en Noir hante (why not hantait?) cette maison depuis des siècles.

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Bella Q.B1Kwiziq community member

I wrote "j'adore Sarah..." and it was wrong! When I see "with all my heart", I believe it is correct to use the strongest alternative.

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