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D. V.C1KwizIQ community member
Je m'attendais à ce que tu me demandes en mariage.According to the lesson as I understand it, this has a negative connotation.  As in, I was afraid/nervous/apprehensive you would ask me to marry you. Do I have that right?  Also, if one wanted to say, “I was waiting (with excitement) for you to ask me to marry you”, would it be J'attendais que tu me demandes en marriage.?
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CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
So French doesn't have " should have, " it has " I've had to + verb. " Maybe this should be mentioned in the lesson, because once you read the French sentences as " I've had to " etc, it makes it a lot easier.
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CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
So basically French doesn't have " could have, " it has, " have been capable of. "With " pu " being the one translated to " been capable of. " I think this should be in the lesson, to make this easier to understand.
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D. V.C1KwizIQ community member
Faire les course v. Faire des courses

I learned that the difference here is:

faire les courses = grocery shopping

faire des courses = running errands (still not leisure shopping but includes things like pharmacy, dry cleaning, dog to groomer etc.j

Is this correct?

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Jacqui T.C1KwizIQ community member
why is the passé composé used here: "depuis que je t'ai rencontré"?
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jot a.A0KwizIQ community member
Vous habitez ou
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D. V.C1KwizIQ community member
là-dedans

Bonjour!

in the example “ça ne sent pas la rose là-dedans” is translated as “it smells nasty in here”.  Formerly I had understood “là-dedans” to mean in there.  Is it both or am I just wrong.  Sorry, I know this is getting off on a bit of a bunny trail...

merci d’avance!

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
So you're never allowed to use l'un(e) or l'uns to mean the one, then?
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Rant O.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Specific question

The lesson says that when talking about specifics, you use être, but the kwiz said this should be aller:

Martine était malade, mais elle ________ mieux à présent.

She is feeling better at present sounds like it is specific, so why is 'est' not right here?

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Michael R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
The pronoun Y

I am not clear on these two examples even after rereading the lesson. I can't see the exact phrase or object that is being replaced (assuming its introduced by à or a prepositional verb). Is there another situation where "en" can be used.

- Tu te rappelles quand Luc a perdu à Donkey Kong à deux secondes de la fin ? J'ai les boules à chaque fois que j'y pense ! 
- Quand j'ai vu le “Game Over”, je n'arrivais pas à y croire ! Il me reste quatre tickets, et toi ?

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