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isaac t.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of pronoun en in this phrase“Bien que mon compte bancaire en ait pris un coup”, what is the function of ‘en’ in this phrase? What is it replacing?

Asked 1 year ago

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i. l.C1Kwiziq community member

nous avons fait du lèche-vitrine entre amis

Am I missing the meaning altogether, or does not "lèche-vitrine" mean "window-shopping" - that is looking into shop windows and wishing you could buy what you see, without actually doing so?

Asked 2 years ago

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Terry W.B1Kwiziq community member

Veux or voulais

Which is correct je ne veux pas or que ne je voulais pas

Asked 2 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

couple of other questions

why is it 'elle faisait son jogging' and not 'elle faisait DU jogging' ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Susan T.B1Kwiziq community member

SVP m'expliquez C'est bien d'y aller à pied,

where does the 'd' before 'y' come from

Asked 2 years ago

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Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne...aucun/aucune is used with Countable or Uncountable Nouns or Both?

Is the negation Ne...aucun/aucune always used with countable nouns?? '(Je n'ai aucune idée.') I am getting confused because of this post here -

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/questions/view/could-you-also-use-aucun

In this post, Chris mentions that....aucun refers to countable objects, then how can we say - Nous n’y voyons aucun mal. [We don’t see any harm in it.]

Here the noun mal is not countable.

Please clarify.

Asked 1 year ago

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Sandra D.C1Kwiziq community member

La négation

Whyis this phrase expressed with negation? il ne peut pas accéder à son argent tant qu'il n'est pas revenu aux États-Unis et n'a pas prouvé son identité.

Asked 3 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Êtes-vous en quête de

Is it not acceptable here to say 'Cherchez-vous'?

Asked 2 years ago

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Myth S.A1Kwiziq community member

"une histoire très intéressante" is accepted

the lesson says "Adjectives modified by adverbs with 2 or more syllables"
And the lesson made an example:
"Compare these examples with the following counter-example containing a one-syllable adverb:
un très joli manteau
a very pretty coat"

Based on the information the lesson provided, I assumed "une histoire très intéressante" wouldn't be right.
I saw other questions on this, but none really explained the rule.

Is it because besides having one-syllable adverb, the adjective also have to be one of those that are put before the verb?

Asked 1 year ago

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