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alison g.C1KwizIQ community member

Imperative and the subjunctive Hi there I'm glad to see someone else ask the question about "ayons-en" above. I see Ron has replied but I'm still unclear as to why the subjunctive is used in the imperative of some verbs and not others. Is there a lesson on this? Many thanks Alison

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Andrew S.A1KwizIQ community member

Can any one help me translate this sentence 'une fillette belle comme une fleur' s'il vous plaît?

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Andrew S.A1KwizIQ community member

What is the translation for 'une coutume bretonne' please

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Terri R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Under the 'Special Cases' section, ne pas sentir or ne sentir pas?Under the 'Special Cases' section, one of the fixed expressions says '-ne pas sentir la rose...', but the examples have the ne ... pas surrounding sentir. Is there a time when it would be 'ne pas sentir ...', or is the expression written that way to show that it is literally 'to not smell'? Thank you for the clarification. Terri

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Wolf B.A1KwizIQ community member

Is this grammar right? (imparfait tense)For an assessment, we have to recount events of what we did with a friend in imperfect tense (l'imparfait). I have this sentence here which I am not sure of the grammar. Nous partageons nos problèmes et aidions les uns et autres. (we shared our problems and helped each other) Am confused.

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Wyn Ron C.B1KwizIQ community member

Imparfait vs. Passé composéI have having problems figuring out when I need to use imparfait in my conversations. For example, I understand that imparfait is used when expressing a thought that took place in the past. So does that mean every thought that I had in the past is put into imparfait?

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Andrew S.A1KwizIQ community member

What does this mean - Accroche-toi !

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Andrew S.A1KwizIQ community member

TranslationWhat does 'Vers l'infini et au-delà !' translate as?

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The question to translate was May I give you my details...

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John L.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il ________ descendu le drapeauI ran into this prompt on the quiz "Il ________ descendu le drapeau, car la reine avait quitté le palais." The correct answer is "il a descendu." Why is it "a" and not "avait"? I feel this is more of an English question than a french question. We have "la reine avait quitté." So shouldn't it be "il AVAIT descendu"? When should we use avait and avait for both clauses?

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