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J. R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Note on the English "I anger"

Thank you! Just a note on the English: it's more idiomatic/natural to say "I get angry easily" (or even in this context "I get annoyed easily"), at least here in the UK.

Asked 2 years ago

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C. M.B2Kwiziq community member

Rentre v Revenir

I used revenir for "coming home". Is this wrong? And when should we use each verb?

Thanks.

PS it's almost impossible to do À - it changes to à

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

position of emphatic personal pronoun in sentence

I notice the recommended translations of 'who herself became Queen of France' are all 'qui elle-même devint reine de France'.

But I assume you could also write 'qui devint elle-même reine de France' ?

Or does this sound less natural to French ears?

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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

countable and uncountable

So am I to assume that all pasta dishes [spaghetti has come up in other exercises] are considered countable and thus the "des", while bread is uncountable and thus the "du"?

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

set up question

Could "bivouaquer" be used to say set up camp?

Asked 2 years ago

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Tim T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Gender AssumptionAprès être [venu/e] me voir jouer, elles étaient très enthousiastes . Does this question actually provide enough information on which to judge the gender of the speaker? The answer seems to assume that the speaker is feminine merely because the audience is feminine.

Asked 3 years ago

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N. T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Past conditional is tricky

I assume it is a simple answer but am confused as to when I must use infinitive vs past participle…with past conditional

Tu aurais fait un bon professeur You would have made a good teacher

MAIS

J'aurais pu être un grand artiste.

I could have been a great artist

Asked 2 years ago

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Joaquin P.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is it past tense

Il remporte un succés immédiat auprès du public. This sentence is translated to

It was an immediate success with audiences,

Where is the past tense coming from why is the original not in passé composé?

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Comment, not a question

To be sure, a romantic image ! I had a little problem with the female voice , which is normal for me because of loss of hearing in the higher frequencies. That is not a complaint. Today, I decided to listen again after completing the exercise, this time without translating in my head. It was slow enough that I could do that with ease. It seemed like a breakthrough! I think I will continue with this approach.

Asked 3 years ago

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Winging B.C1Kwiziq community member

Tense of devoir

My immediate instinct was to use "Attention ! Le mélange ne devrait pas trop chaud," but it was marked incorrect. In this particular context, is there a hard reason why it is better to use "Le mélange ne doit pas être trop chaud" instead?

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