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Seng I.C1Kwiziq community member

"...se maria..."Elle se maria cette année-là

Is this an error? Or is "se maria" an actual phrase. I thought it should be "se marie".

I'm also wondering why it is not "s'est mariée". That's the phrase I would have used.

Asked 2 years ago

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Ivie I.A2Kwiziq community member

Conjugate retenir (to learn) in the compound past (Passé Composé

I would like to know why retenir means "to learn" here and not apprendre

Asked 2 years ago

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JULIA L.Kwiziq community member

Do I use imparfait or plus que parfait for this sentence?

He had 83 years (he died at 83 years old).

Asked 4 years ago

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t u.B2Kwiziq community member

Why do I see people say "Quel/Quelle est la/le ........?" but in this exercise it is always marked wrong?

Why do I see people say "Quel/Quelle est la/le ........?" but in this exercise it is mark wrong?

Asked 2 years ago

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W. L.C1Kwiziq community member

" que l'on puisse trouver " vs " qu'on puisse trouver "

Dans cette example : " C'est le vin le plus sec que l'on puisse trouver ", pourquoi on dit " que l'on " mais pas " qu'on " ?

Asked 2 years ago

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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

avoir du mal a

I'm not sure why is not an acceptable way to express struggle. From Le grand Robert:

II V. intr. (Fin XIe). Se donner de la peine, du mal*. ➙ Appliquer (s'), efforcer (s'), évertuer (s'), fatiguer (et se fatiguer), gémir (fig.), trimer (fam.) ;→ 1. Coût, cit. 27 ; élite, cit. 5. Peiner comme une bête (cit. 11) de somme, comme un forçat… Peiner jour (cit. 42) après jour. — Élève qui peine sur une composition (cit. 8) latine (au sens III, 2, de peine). Il peinait pour s'exprimer (→ Facilement, cit. 3). — Par ext. Respiration, souffle qui peine (→ Oxygène, cit. 3).

Asked 3 years ago

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Mike P.C1Kwiziq community member

Passive Voice acceptable?For the question: Titanic was released in 1998

is 'Titanic a été sorti en 1998' a possible correct answer?

If not, why not?

If so, what's the difference (compared with the correct answer given: Titanic est sorti en 1998)?

Ref: how-to-form-the-passive-voice-with-compound-tenses-la-voix-passive

Asked 3 years ago

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Sofia L.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is vous partirez wrong

for "mardi prochain"? the quiz asks about mardi prochain. I fully understand using the present for near future. got it. But "next Tuesday" is not so "near" that the future tense should be wrong! at least both options should be right.

Asked 2 years ago

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P. T.C1Kwiziq community member

Third person singular conjugation

The conjugation that you provide includes the following line:

il / elle / on est apparu(e)(s)

Under which circumstances would it be valid to have "est apparus" or "est apparues"? Or is the "(s)" redundant?

Asked 2 years ago

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Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Superb et joyeux année !

Thank you for doing slower recordings, it helps a great deal 👍🏻

Asked 3 years ago

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