1 nous avions chaussé nos après-skis: I’m guessing this means they were shod in snow boots, but was curious why après-skis is pluralised with an s on the end - nos après-ski was marked wrong.

2 Les enfants étaient tout excités : I should know, but if the children were girls, would it be tout excitées or does the adjective have to agree with "enfants"? It was a good opportunity to revise the complex rules around "tout" modifying an adjective!

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Thy M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"les" or "des"

Bonjour,

I have a tiny off-topic question relating the articles of the nouns before qui/que.

Must the articles always be "les" instead of "des" because the noun is defined by qui/que later on already. Is this the right way to understand it?

The examples in this lesson always use un/une and verb of preference like "adorer" (which we all know must go with definite articles).

So I'm just asking what if I want to say: "They are the girls who I saw yesterday". Should it be:

a) Elles sont les filles que j'ai vues hier

b) Elles sont des filles que j'ai vues hier

Merci.

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you tell our listeners...

The tense chosen for pouvoir in this case is the conditional, which to me translates as "would you tell..." and not as "could you tell..." I get this wrong a lot and I am aware of the lesson but still err in regard to translating could. Help!

Asked 2 years ago

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homard j.B1Kwiziq community member

Translation of listening exercises

Are there translations (French into English) available for the listening/dictation exercises? Where would I find them? I use this to test/practice my listen comprehension as well.

Asked 2 years ago

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James S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Rhotic "r" sound

Hello,

I hear a rhotic r sound in majestueuse. Is this a regional difference in accent?

Thank you

Asked 3 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Headers for the grammatical explanation

Sorry if I’m being thick, but could someone please explain what the following mean: than"]"> as"]"> and que"]"> at the head of each grammar explanation in the sidebar of the lesson?

Asked 3 years ago

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Patricia D.C1Kwiziq community member

Dans la derniere phrase, pourquoi est-il "decouvrir" DE vraies....| au lieu de "decouvrir DES vraies..." ? Merci.

Asked 2 years ago

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