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Mary D.B2KwizIQ community member
She likes me translates to: "Je lui plais."    Why isn't the pronoun  "elle" ?
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Tina K.C1KwizIQ community member
Do you use 'de' after a negative when there are 2 verbs?Do you use 'de' after a negative when there are 2 verbs? e.g. 'I don't like doing judo = Je n'aime pas faire de judo' or 'I don't like eating meat = Je n'aime pas manger de viande' or 'I don't like doing sport = Je n'aime pas faire de sport'.I thought you did but the only translation I could find was in Google translate and they put 'du' or 'de la'."
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Cheryl N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
passé composé or imparfait?

Bonjour!

How best to translate this sentence please? : "Were you there before?" - Etais-tu là avant? (or) As-tu été là avant?

and the same sentence in the negative: "Weren't you there before?" - N'étais-tu pas là avant? (or) N'as-tu pas été là avant?

Thanks.

Cheryl

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Stewart H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
être + entré OR être + rentré

In the above example of 'to go/come in(to)'
'Vous êtes rentrés dans la pharmacie à six heures.' You came into the pharmacy at six o'clock. ... Could you also convey the same meaning with: -

'Vous êtes entrés dans la pharmacie à six heures.' 

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Janet H.B2KwizIQ community member
Puzzling translation

Mes amis pèlent tous les étés !
My friends' skin peels every summer

Should this be "My friends peel every summer"  as the French seems to imply more than one friend ?

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Ron F.C1KwizIQ community member
Your answer leaves me confused when you refer to an advanced change in the rule concerning the agreement when using “avoir”. Also that it “can” agree.
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Ron F.C1KwizIQ community member
Aurelie,
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H. H.A1KwizIQ community member
Why isn’t Brazil masculine, it’s a country, ends in a letter other than e, not mentioned as an exception....
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Donald H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Il voudrait que tu sachesJe me demande que je puisse dire <Il voudrait que tu saches à quel point tu l'aime?  Ou est-ce qu'il a une autre façon que je pourrais dire <how much> dans cette phrase?
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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
why we don't "Je bois du vin rouge avez tous les repas"? Since the translation of "with" is "avez"
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