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Rita L.A1Kwiziq community member

Bonjour a tous! Je m'appelle Rita. Je viens de Vilnius en Lituanie.

Asked 9 years ago

Patricia L.C1Kwiziq community member

I think that "I Ate" is past tense of the verb to eat.

Hi, can you explain why "I ate all the cakes" is not a correct translation of

"Elle a mangé tout le gâteau!"Merci

Asked 5 years ago

Chapel H.A2Kwiziq community member

Ça vs C'est vs Il estI have read the lessons on all these. In a quiz, asking me to translate "It's getting on my nerves," I chose "Il est" because "it's" must be referring to something specific. We don't know what, but no one says generally "It's getting on my nerves" without "it's" referring to something specific. The correct answer is given as "Ça". Even if "it's" was referring to something general, why would it be "Ça" instead of "C'est"?

Asked 5 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Manque de ?I keep getting this one wrong despite having read the lesson multiple times. What property of X determines whether it's "manque X" or "manque de X"? It says manque de in the lesson, but surely l'école is "something" but does not need "de"?

Asked 9 years ago

Abishanka D.A0Kwiziq community member

If I from Bangalore, India then I would say, "J'habite à Bangalore, en Inde" ?

Asked 7 years ago

yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est-ce qui te plaît chez Anna ?The meaning provided in the example was: "What do you like about Anna?. I guess it should be "What do you like about Anna's (home)?

Asked 7 years ago

Thekla K.A1Kwiziq community member

We can say " un verre à eau " when we want a glass *for* water not *of* water?

Asked 8 years ago

Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Je ne suis pas froid

Asked 9 years ago

Conrad P.A1Kwiziq community member

Hi,

I was wondering if somebody could explain to me please when one should use 'Y' vs using 'En'.
For example, in trying to say "She thinks of it" - could it not be "elle y pense" or "elle en pense"?
Is it just determined by the context? Ie if the sentence before used De use En or if it used A use Y?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Asked 5 years ago

abderrahmane h.A0Kwiziq community member

when we use "en" ex:il y en a qui exagérent

Asked 9 years ago

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