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Elizabeth C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Query about answer in 'Nos activites pendant les vacances'

In the 'Fill-the-blanks' Kwiz 'Nos activites pendant les vacances', my answer: 'Les enfants essaieront la peche a pied avec un guide local' was marked wrong, with the correction provided of 'Les enfants essaierons ...' The correction Kwiziq shows is 1st person plural, but I thought that 'The kids will try shellfish gathering with a local guide' is 3rd person plural.

Au secours! Merci!

Asked 1 year ago

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J. D.B2Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi kwiziq ne marque pas aout comme correct?

Si on consulte le site web de l'Académie Française, on voit que aout est aussi correct --> https://www.dictionnaire-academie.fr/article/A9A2062

Asked 2 years ago

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Yuvika S.Kwiziq community member

Notre mère est toujours présente et attentive à ______ besoins. a. nos b. mes c. tes d. vos

Asked 2 years ago

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Diane d.C1Kwiziq community member

Voilà vs. il y a

Wouldn't it be correct to translate There is a door as either Voilà une porte or Il y a une porte ?

Asked 1 year ago

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Judy R.B2Kwiziq community member

Is there a lesson on the use of “le” in the following sentence where it doesn’t seem necessary? Je te le promet.

Asked 1 year ago

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Sheri D.A1Kwiziq community member

Avoir besoin de, devoir, falloir - which is appropriate when?

I *think* I understand when to use “avoir besoin de” or “devoir”, but how/where does “falloir” work? (Note: I asked a similar question in the lesson on “falloir”)

Asked 1 year ago

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F. M.B2Kwiziq community member

I'm finding the grammar explanations difficultThe grammar explanations describe accurately. When I studied French I had not had a great education including in English so my understanding of the grammar explanations was not great and still isn't. My French got better through sheer repetition on my own part in private study and by living in France for the best part of a year. In other words there was a large amount of learning what is correct and not necessarily why, followed by what sounds right because I lived there long enough and in only francophone company to know. I am sticking with it, I just am also listening to France 24 en direct on Youtube as well because it's how my French improved so much between year 2 and 4 of my degree back in the day. I found in this exercise I was translating differently, sometimes because I'm so rusty, sometimes because the colloquial language has changed and sometimes because I used a different way of expressing it. It is honing my French again but I am wondering if to use aller faire instead of the future tense is as wrong as this exercise suggests i.e. was I supposed to remember it was to practise the future tense or were my translations really as wrong as it suggested?

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Dr S.A1Kwiziq community member

wrong translation in hint in the questionIt should be "The Lady in Black has haunted this house for centuries" instead of The Woman in Black has haunted this house for centuries for the question La Dame en Noir ________ cette maison depuis des siècles. "The woman" will translate to "la femme" whereas in question it was "La Dame" so it should give "The Lady" in hint translation.

Asked 1 year ago

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Brandon M.A1Kwiziq community member

Sentence structure"Il y a au moins trois labels de qualité que peuvent recevoir les communes françaises."

I was reading a short piece and came across this sentence. I understand everything up until peuvent recevoir. I know what it's suppose to mean however why after que, we use peuvent instead of saying

Il y a au moins trois labels de qualité que les communes français peuvent recevoir .

Asked 1 year ago

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Shashank C.B2Kwiziq community member

y vs là type of question

When should we use "y" and when should we use là for places

Asked 1 year ago

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