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Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

Why 'salle de bains', shouldn't it be 'salle à bains'According to this lesson, for translation of bathroom/washroom, a room for baths. So it should be 'salle à bains', but why do we use 'salle de bains'

Asked 8 years ago

Johannes S.C1Kwiziq community member

PronunciationI am unsire about the pronunciation of several forms of "avoir". Sometimes [a] dominates and sometimes [e], for example "que j'aie" is [kəʒe] but "avoir" is [avwaʁ]. How is "que nous ayons" pronounced?

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Milton H.A1Kwiziq community member

is "Être en train de" always followed by an infinitive form of a verb?

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Johannes S.C1Kwiziq community member

Accents on u in "eûmes" and "eûtes"According to the spelling reform accents on u and i should be dropped unless needed to distinguish words. You do not seem to apply the reform.

Asked 8 years ago

Arash F.C1Kwiziq community member

Should we say "Je lui pense" instead of "Je pense à elle"?

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Meghna J.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Specific dayWhy would the day of birth be à la? I understand from the text that a la is generally ´the day' and le jour de is a specific day. On the question Laurent est né ________ Saint-Patrick, the answer is contradictory. Please help clarify.

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Arash F.C1Kwiziq community member

Quelles bonnes résolutions as-tu prises cette année?Quelles bonnes résolutions as-tu prises cette année? Does in this question the verb agrees with object?

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Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member

Ayons-en!Why does "Nous en avons" become "Ayons-en!" Is this another subjunctive nightmare?

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Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

Translating 'Je vais en ville'This literally means 'I am going in/inside town', but actually it means 'I am going to town'. Can you explain the french reasoning behind this usage. And is this correct 'Je vais à ville' for 'I am going to town'?

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Arash F.C1Kwiziq community member

Quelles bonnes résolutions as-tu prises cette année?Quelles bonnes résolutions as-tu prises cette année? Does the verb "pries" agrees with bonnes résolution?

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