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Jenny-Anne J.B2Kwiziq community member

Why was 'nous sommes apparues' marked incorrect?

The lesson says:

Conjugations of APPARAÎTRE (to appear) in Le Passé

Composé (Indicatif) in French

j'/je

suis apparu(e)

es apparu(e)

il / elle / on

est apparu(e)(s)

nous

sommes apparu(e)s

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A. J.A2Kwiziq community member

Indefinite Relative Pronouns

In the sentence "il suffit d’observer ce que font les autres et les imiter," why have the verb (font) and the subject (les autres) swapped places? Shouldn't it be "il suffit d’observer ce que les autres font et les imiter"?

The sentence is taken from this text: "https://www.lawlessfrench.com/listening/bise-a-la-francaise/"

Thank you in advance.

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Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

davantage vs plus

"À l'avenir, je devrai t'écouter davantage."

In the future, I'll have to listen to you more.

Are there any rules around when to use davantage vs plus, or are they interchangeable? Could I have used:

"À l'avenir, je devrai t'écouter plus." ?

Thanks

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Iris R.Kwiziq community member

French possessive adjective

What possessive adjective goes with the sentence Sa, Son or Ses _______fille Adele

Asked 2 years ago

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M'cleys A.A0Kwiziq community member

Describing someone more and their occupation

How to describe someone more

Asked 1 year ago

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Gloria L.Kwiziq community member

Metaphor and Irony

HI I'm in grade 10 learning french, We have a test on Metaphor and Irony and you need to identify whether Irony was used or metaphor was used. My question is as my first langues is English's how can identify whether metaphor was used or irony was used in french!!!!!(Like key words or how the sentence flows)

Asked 2 years ago

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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Inserting -t- after verbs ending in a t sound

If you use the inverted form, the answer key asks for the extra -t- after s'adapte, so s'adapte-t-il. That looks redundant, since adapte already ends in a t sound. (Inverted questions in the present tense (Le Présent) in French - il/elle/on forms)

Is there perhaps a different rule for silent 'e' endings?

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Julie L.A0Kwiziq community member

What changes a adverbial from behind the noun to in front?

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Stephanie W.A2Kwiziq community member

Quelle or telle ?

It really sounds like 'Telle conversation passionnante' rather than 'quelle'. Am I mis-hearing it ?

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