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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member
What is the difference between n’importe qui and personne?I’m probably missing something obvious, but I can’t find it elsewhere, sorry :)
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william h.C1Kwiziq community member
Je manque de concert . . .The test says that "I missed the concert of . . " is ''J'ai manqué du concert . ." . In the lesson it says '''I missed the train'' is ''J'ai manqué le train'''. What is the difference between ''concert'''and ''train''? Why is one noun preceeded by '''de'' and the other not? Thx
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stephen w.C1Kwiziq community member
NO: Is-ing and am-ingLa fille derrière qui je suis assis est belle. La fille derrière laquelle je suis assis est belle. "The girl behind whom I'm sitting is beautiful." Should it have been translated "The girl behind whom I sat is beautiful."
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Nev D.B2Kwiziq community member
"I only have a book" vs "I only have one book"Hi, I'm wondering about the difference between "I only have a book" and "I only have one book", which mean distinct things. It seemed to me that "Je n'ai qu'un livre" would be the former when I encountered it first. Is there anything that would differentiate the two English sentences? (No biggie, just wondering.)
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Dory D.A2Kwiziq community member
Why is it grand-chose and not grande-chose?
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Arman V.C1Kwiziq community member
No micro quiz?Hi, I can't seem to find the micro-quiz to any of these lessons? It's been like this for a week or so now.
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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member
Elle ne joue pas de flûte non plusI thought instruments were ‘joue de la’ (in this case flûte) - is there a reason the ‘la’ has fallen off in this example?
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darwenmint@gmail.com K.C1Kwiziq community member
The use of pour.The problem I have is with the question of how to translate "Gregory goes away for the holidays" and one of the answers is give as "Gregory part pour les vacances." In the notes the use of "pour" as I understand is used only with future durations of events, either stated, or even implied. The question though is a general statement of habit as I read it, so is "pour allowed in these cases?
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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Is the pronunciation of 'faisons'irregular? It sounds like 'fesons' (the 'ai' is not pronounced as in 'il fait' or 'vous faites').
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Emily B.A1Kwiziq community member
How do you know whether to use à or de in front of the place name?
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