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Aayan M.Kwiziq community member

The narrator eats leftover croissants for breakfast every morning.The narrator eats leftover croissants for breakfast every morning.

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of the present tense vs future

In the sentence 'I'll call you before leaving' (future) in the quizzes, it seems to be translated in the present tense..' Je t'appelle avant de partir'. Is this a colloquialism ?

Thanks

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Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why are coudre, moudre and hair always part of every C1 test?

I'm curious about why there's always a question about coudre, moudre and hair in the C1 tests. I understand that they're irregular and need to be learnt, but the questions are always in the present tense, and it seems pretty straightforward for C1. Wouldn't it be more appropriate to make them e.g. A2, and include a wider range of irregular verbs? I feel there are other questions that would be more appropriate and useful for C1.

Not complaining :-), just curious.

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Winging B.C1Kwiziq community member

Vocab question

I wrote "Oui, on a papoté pendant une heure." instead of "Oui, on a discuté/bavardé pendant une heure." It marked it as incorrect. I think bavardé is closer than discuté for 'chatted', but I feel like 'papoté' suits well for the context. Am I wrong?

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Mandy B.C1Kwiziq community member

Spelling of essaie

A correction for the phrase "quand j'essaie de manger" changed my spelling "essaie" to "essaye" and I do not understand why. Thank you for your explanation.

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Carmen-Louise S.B2Kwiziq community member

grammar for the word ĺa nostalgie´

Hello!

I am having doubts translating a film title that in English is "Nostalgia in Red". Is the correct translation to French "La Nostalgie en Rouge"? or does the direct translation dilute the meaning?

I would like to keep the "In" part of it because just saying La Nostalgie Rouge is a bit different.

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Shirley-Anne M.Kwiziq community member

Is the subjunctive used with 'Il ne trouve pas de travail qui corresponde a ses diplomes'?

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Rainy P.B2Kwiziq community member

Have a stopover - Why not use "avoir une escale"?

Hello everyone :)

Just a small question, why do you use "faire une escale?" instead of "avoir une escale"?

because it's not "make the stopover".

Thank you in advance for your advices and responses.

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

pourquoi "aient"

We are told "penser" takes the indicative for positive and takes the subjunctive for the negative. Why use the subjunctive, "aient", for "pensez vous que ces legendes aient" Why not "ont"?

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clara g.B2Kwiziq community member

when there are two or more adjectives

can there be a lesson on the order of two or more adjectives for example

petit , and nouvelle

how would you order them?

une petite maison nouvelle?

une petite nouvelle maison?

une petite et nouvelle maison?

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