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Jim D.C1Kwiziq community member

surely fatiqué is conjugated with avoir and not être. Yet the answer to the question I have posted below uses soyez and not avoir2Je vais vous ramener chez vous avant select ...que vous n'êtesque vous ne soyezvous êtesvous soyezselect ... trop fatigués. (I'm going to bring you home before you're too tired.)

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Adora O.C1Kwiziq community member

I am a bit confused about when exactly to use "le" and "y" to replace itFor example what is the difference or the correct one to say: "J'y crois" or "Je le crois" or "j'en crois"

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Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member

Le futur anterieur

I've always been confused by this: "j'aurai du" translates as "I should have" and not as "I will have had to...." but these are not quite the same, I think. "I will have had to catch the 22 bus" suggests that I did catch that particular bus, to achieve whatever, whereas "I should have" suggests that I didn't catch that bus, and perhaps failed in my intention. Similarly for "j'aurai pu" - "I could have" not "I will have been able".

Any advice/explanation appreciated!

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Areg V.C1Kwiziq community member

J'aime ________ styles de musique. Quelle répomse est just: "de nombreuses" ou "de nombreux". On a "la style" ici?

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Rachel B.A1Kwiziq community member

Are these terms pronouns that can stand alone, or must they be followed by a noun?

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say, " I play video games (as a hobby), " in French?Without saying, " I'm playing video games (right now), " instead with the use of, " Je joue des jeux de vidéo. "

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" le chien - les chiens " The sound clip's saying a whole lot more than just that.What's she actually saying betwen le chien and les chiens?

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Alison R.A1Kwiziq community member

J'adore vs. j'aime vs. j'aime bien?

Can you give me some idea of the relative strength of these? I was showing an apartment (I'm a broker) and the French client used "j'adore" to refer to the countertops... which confused me. To an English speaker, "adore" seems like a cognate, but in English we generally wouldn't say "I adore these countertops" -- that would likely come across as either 1) over-the-top or 2) sarcastic.

Does "j'adore" better translate as "I really like" or "I think these are cool/great"? And is it equal in strength to "j'aime"?

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steven l.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A useful acronym

An acronym that I like to use is BANGS, which stands for beauty, age, numbers, good/bad, and size.

Adjective relating to these categories usually come before the noun. If you compare this to the list of adjective in the lesson above, you'll see a lot of them fit.

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D. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Comment on dit "The cat misses me" Je manque au chat?

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