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Valerie O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Confusing Lesson

I'm returning to this lesson after being away from it awhile. And I have the same concern as before: The examples do not tie to the ones on the tests. Terribly confusing. Sometimes using "a", other times not. What gives? I can't be the only one rattled by this, Could someone please simplify this for me? Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

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Nick H.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Katie is calling Sonia in case she's late.

For this Kwiziq question I put: Katie appelle Sonia au cas où elle aurait du retard

It was marked wrong, but I think that should also be accepted? avoir du retard = to be late

Nick

p.s. is it less common to use avoir du retard than être en retard?

Asked 2 years ago

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Maurice O.A1Kwiziq community member

Es ou as ?

2Tu ________ demeuré immobile tout le long.You remained still all the way.esas

Asked 3 years ago

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Radhika S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

propre maison vs maison propre

If the adjective appears before the noun then its a subjective description and after is the objective description. To me, my own house sounds like an objective description and a clean house a subjective description. So can we say this is an exception?

Asked 1 year ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quand on fait de longues gardes fatigantes

Why is there a "DE" here? Is the expression "fait de qch"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Wendy W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

My neighbour from hell

Des boules Quiès- is that a brand name?Great lesson, thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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John M.C1Kwiziq community member

quelques and peu de

I have few friends

Are both translations correct?

J'ai quelques amis

J'ai peu d'amis

Regars, John M

Asked 3 years ago

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Rhys H.C1Kwiziq community member

Avoir à uses

I have seen the phrase avoir à a couple times, and I was wondering how it differs from il faut and devoir - is it a less formal version of both of them, a more informal iteration of only one, or is it a completely different idea that it expresses

Asked 2 years ago

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Feng L.A1Kwiziq community member

why we say Je n'ai pas d'huile intead of Je n'ai pas de l'huile?

Asked 3 years ago

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Helen A.C1Kwiziq community member

Conjugate verbs according to pronoun

Salut!

Maintenant je pose mon premier question et j'ai peur qu'il sera bête, mais - on y va !

J'ai fait le "writing practice" "Bad matchmaker" et j'ai essayé de traduire "we let them get acquainted".

J'ai mis: