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Andrew F.C1Kwiziq community member
3rd person plural possessive for a plural nounThere was a question on a recent quiz as follows: "Il faut qu'ils obtiennent leur permis de conduire," with English translation something like "They have to get their driving license." The quiz question was about the subjunctive of obtenir (which I got right), but I am just wondering about the use of leur rather than leurs. Translated strictly, I suppose leur is correct, but in both English and French I would have thought "their driving licenses = leurs permis de conduire" would be more accurate, since they each need to have their own license, not a single license among them? Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards.
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Michael R.A2Kwiziq community member
Is " poser un lapin" a french idiomatic phrase meaning "to stand someone up"?
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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Nous avons reçu les invitées hier ou nous avons eu les invitées hier?Quel est la réponse correcte? Je ne pense pas qu'on puisse se servir (utiliser) le verbe avoir dans ce cas. D'habitude, je reçois les invitées, n'est-ce pas?
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L. E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"Nous aimons que tu sois à l'heure."
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Miguel P.A2Kwiziq community member
cefrcomment puis-je re-prendre l'examen pour voir mon niveau en francais how can i retake the cerf test to see what my french fluency level is?
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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Avoir beau / pourvu que / en attendant etc. Est-ce que c'est nécessaire qu'on apprenne les phrases tel que avoir beau, pourvu que, quoique, en attendant que et à condition que... Vraiment, ça n'est pas une bonne question Je sais qu'on doit apprendre toute la langue. Mais, je n'en ai jamais vu dans les examens que vous avez présenté. Hier soir, notre prof (une française) nous a introduit tel que phrases. C'est important qu'on apprenne celles qui sont listé ci-dessus? Peut-être et en toute possibilité je n'ai pas écrit ma question correctement. Mais je l'ai essayé. J'aime bien votre site. Don
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Gomathi A.A0Kwiziq community member
Is it wrong if we use present tense after pendant instead future
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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Is there a past tense for "Ça y est" using "Ça y etais = That's it, It was done"
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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Verbs + prepositionI am confused here. The question says "arriver" is "to manage". However is "arriver" not "to arrive" and "arriver à" is "to manage"?
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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
il fautIs there a lesson on the conjugation of il faut for compound tenses especially the future proche & perfect and Le Passé Proche. I have read 'Il Faut : Expressing Necessity And Obligation" but need something a bit deeper. The conjegations of falloir I find online only do the Passé Composé. I know its just the ' il' conjugation of falloir but I thought a lesson might help it sink in.
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