In the exercise "The Town of Gruyères", the translation of "Before we even entered the picturesque village," is given as "Avant même que nous entrions dans le bourg/village pittoresque,". I think it should be 'nous sommes entrés dans ...'. What am I getting wrong there? Also, I'm aking my self, does an optional 'ne explétif' go before 'entrions'?

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G. D.C1Kwiziq community member

je vais devoir y passer la majeure partie de mon weekend

Can you say "la plupart de mon weekend" or "la majorite de mon weekend" here?

Asked 3 years ago

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Jane C.C1Kwiziq community member

use of subjonctif

I thought if vouloir was used as negative phrase, you didn't use the subjonctif tense...am I wrong?

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Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

c'est un charmant jeune homme

Pourquoi dit-on "c'est un charmant jeune homme" au lieu de "il est un charmant jeune homme" ?

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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).

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Lynda E.C1Kwiziq community member

Parle-m'en

In english (maybe just NZ?) we use the expression "tell me about it" as a sort of ironic way of saying that you share not-so-good experiences with someone. eg. Speaker 1 - it was so hot last night, I couldn't sleep. Speaker 2 - tell me about it (meaning I had the same experience). Is Parle-m'en used the same way?

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Reo S.A2Kwiziq community member

why ''quels bonbons tu as choisis''why not ''quels bonbons tu as choisi''?

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mo a.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sentence unclear

Hi all, I am not getting my head around the sentence- C'est la fameuse "auberge espagnole" du titre.. why is du titre at the end. thanks

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