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Michael G.A1Kwiziq community member

The use of GOT?J'ai des animaux. - Je n'ai pas d'animaux.I've got (some) animals. -Me, I don't have any animals.
Why us GOT? I realise that "I've got"is frequently used by English speakers, but I've is a contraction of "I have", therefore the use of Got in the sentence is unnecessary, and poor English.

Asked 8 months ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Numbers written in full

Just checking, the number of minutes are written out in full in all the examples - is there ever a situation in French where numerals are written instead? eg 23 instead of vingt-trois.

Asked 4 months ago

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Danielle C.B1Kwiziq community member

Avoir besoin des?

Does avoir besoin de ever become avoir besoin des or du?

Asked 7 months ago

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Rebecca L.B2Kwiziq community member

No French Examples

The see examples are written in English, not French, even in the test. It looks like this page needs editing!

Asked 6 months ago

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Michele L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is.../What's that?

Is it incorrect to use "Est-ce quoi la Sorbonne?". It was marked incorrect on a quiz. Is that because I can't invert c'est in this case?

Asked 6 months ago

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Msendoo J.A1Kwiziq community member

Expression avec avoir

Where is the Eu coming from please?

Asked 6 months ago

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ian e.C1Kwiziq community member

Nous avons commencé à discuter

Pourquoi pas : commencé à bavader ou causer?

Asked 8 months ago

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Carole J.A2Kwiziq community member

I thought Belle would come under B.A.G.S beauty, age, goodness and size, which come first, :-(

Asked 9 months ago

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Luân N.A1Kwiziq community member

Question type: Which of the following adjectives are correctly placed?

Please update the question so that it includes the meaning of the individual words, I am on A0-A1 and it's near impossible to do these questions.

une chemise multicoloreun artiste mexicainun londonien monumentune violette ceintureun riche comme Crésus homme

un difficile à regarder film

Asked 7 months ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

siècle ou siècles

I thought the following analysis by Google's Gemini was interesting.

Analyse du mot "siècle" ou "siècles" :

Le mot correct est "siècle".

Explication :

Le mot "siècle" désigne une période de cent ans.Dans la phrase, il est question d'une période qui s'étend de la fin du XVIIIe siècle au milieu du XIXe siècle.Cette période correspond à un seul siècle, le XIXe siècle.Le mot "siècles" ne serait pas correct car il impliquerait qu'il y a eu plusieurs siècles entre la fin du XVIIIe et le milieu du XIXe siècle.

Voici quelques arguments supplémentaires pour justifier le choix du mot "siècle" :

Le contexte de la phrase ne mentionne aucun événement qui se serait déroulé sur plusieurs siècles.L'évolution de l'examen décrite dans la phrase est un processus graduel qui s'est déroulé sur un seul siècle.Le singulier "siècle" est plus précis et plus élégant que le pluriel "siècles" dans ce contexte.

Conclusion :

Le mot "siècle" est le choix correct dans cette phrase. Il est plus précis, plus élégant et plus cohérent avec le contexte que le mot "siècles".

Asked 8 months ago

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