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John S.C1Kwiziq community member

During a Quiz it said that the correct answer was Vous vous êtes caché

During a quiz, the question posed was,

Vous _______________ dans le placard.

I conjugated it as Vous êtes cachés but it marked it as wrong. Is there a distinction when the subject is to one person? I am a bit confused.

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Where are the articles?

"... notre équipe allie savoir-faire professionnel et pédagogie bienveillante." Why no definite articles for savoir-faire and pédagogie ? Is this simply the result of the informality of an advertisement? Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Minas A.A2Kwiziq community member

Et toi, ________ as-tu rencontré?

I had this example. Why "Et toi, qui est-ce qu' as-tu rencontré?" is wrong? Can't we use qui est-ce que here?

Asked 2 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

... n'offrait PLUS ce service.

... car le bureau de poste local n'offrait plus ce service.

In this section of the sentence the 'S' at the end of 'pluS' is pronounced. This seems at odds with the lesson 'Ne ... plus = no more/no longer' which states: -

Note that when plus has a negative meaning (no more), you don't pronounce the final 's', except when you do the liaison with a vowel following ('z' sound).

... in the exercise plus is followed by 'ce' and 'ce' does not start with a vowel and as such should not be pronounced?

Asked 2 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?

Asked 3 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bien que mon père et moi ayons passé etc. À l'aube, mon père et moi nous étions aventurés etc

Could anyone explain the use of 'nous' in the second example but not in the first. I would see the constructions as similar.

Is the use of 'nous' in these cases optional?

Thanks guys

Asked 2 years ago

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pamela B.C1Kwiziq community member

Quels sont les verbes qui prennent à et ceux qui prennent de?

Asked 2 years ago

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April C.C1Kwiziq community member

Accent in le futur simple conjugaison of lever

Bonjour, this link tells me that the conjugaison of lever in le futur simple is e without the accent è. Can you please confirm? Merci!

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/revision/grammar/verbs/lever

Asked 2 years ago

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Carlos M.Kwiziq community member

Un, une

Are these sentences incorrect [see: French is Fun Book 1 / 2020)]? (1) Le père de Roger est un artiste. (2) La mère de Marie est une championne de karate.

Asked 3 years ago

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Elizabeth S.C1Kwiziq community member

Historic past

Please remove historic past questions from my study plan. I’m not I retested in these

Asked 2 years ago

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