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Christian H.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Requirement for "qui" in case "dont" + number is followed by a conjugated verb

This point has been already raised in an answer to a previous question but has not received any attention. So would like to pick it up again.

I have two grammar books containing examples with "dont" and numbers which do not state this requirement for "qui". For brevity I will just cite one of them:

"Grammaire Progressive du Français B1 B2", 2019, p.116:
"Ils ont trois grands enfants dont deux sont médecins."

So my assumption is that "qui" is not required, if the "number" is the subject of the next sentence.

Asked 2 years ago

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Alex M.A2Kwiziq community member

Une clope vs. de clope

Hello,

Why is it not 'tu n'as pas de clope?'

I thought we used a partitive article rather than a definite article when doing negations? So, in this case, de vs. une.

Asked 1 year ago

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Archana J.C1Kwiziq community member

des éclaircissements

I used

1) 'récompensant' for 'gratifiant'

Also

2)'ausculter' for 'diagonistique'

3)pour sept ans instead of 'pendant sept ans'

Please let me know if its right

Merci

P.J

is diagnostiquer an er verb?

Asked 3 years ago

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Hana Y.A1Kwiziq community member

Absence of non use of voit

Why wasn't on se voit used for "see you this week-end ?"

Asked 2 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

auraient le beguin

Why the conditional, auraient, here? Why not the pluperfect similar to pouvaient?

Asked 1 year ago

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Andrea C.B2Kwiziq community member

I need hearing aids...

I am going to be fitted with hearing aids today. It is interesting that i heard surclassement as surplacement (which isn't even apparently a word). Surclassement - upgrade - is a new word to me today! Yay. I guess this level is still very easy for me. Also, I am on a Macbook Air, which means for whatever reason that I am getting both YOUR popup menu for accents, and the one that is inherent in the Mac. That's why the first part of this exercise, the accent came out wrong. I guess I need to slow down and review what I've typed, even when I think I typed it correctly. But I would like to know if I can supress your popup accent menu.

Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Missing word

The sentence to be translated :

There are also many options to explore Nantes…….

The correct answer is given as:

Il y a de nombreuses options pour explorer Nantes….

There is no translation of also and my use of aussi was crossed out as incorrect.

Asked 3 years ago

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helen w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reflexive pronoun or not?

I was speaking to a French woman today and I said, "My eyes didn't itch":

Mes yeux n'ont pas démangé. Elle m'a corrige est dit : Mes yeux ne m'ont pas démangé.

If the latter is correct, do you use 'me'because you're talking about a body part? If so wouldn't you use "sont"? Or , is there some other explanation?

Asked 1 year ago

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Shian D.A0Kwiziq community member

Can you use en for the preposition of Michigan?

Can you use en when saying “J’habite à/au/dans Michigan? I got stumped because of a post saying you can use en, although I though this is when it’s feminine…

Asked 2 years ago

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

c'est un ange

Salut,

pourquoi on dit "C'est un ange !" quand on parle de la fillette ?

la fillette = elle, n'est-ce pas?

Merci.

Asked 2 years ago

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