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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation of ’love’

In the sentence, "So, let's raise our glasses to the ones [whom] we love and to the future!", love was translated using aimer. I chose adorer, which was not accepted. I get this wrong all the time. Generally, the problem is how to translate love versus like. With regard to adore, is it that one adores something and not someone ? Thanks in advance.

Asked 9 months 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?

Asked 7 months ago

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Eugene M.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive in past

Please clarify why the past subjunctive is used in the phrase Mais cette année, tout ça devra attendre que j'aie fini de passer mes examens

Thank you

Asked 8 months ago

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terri m.A2Kwiziq community member

Asked wrong?

The question was “This is a number written in French: 78,005. How would it be expressed in English? The reply was: 78.005. Am I gapping or was the question supposed to be “ This is a number written in English: 78,005. How would it be expressed in French?

Asked 9 months ago

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coca p.C1Kwiziq community member

pourquoi on utilise 'règnent' ici, pas 'règne' ?

Asked 8 months ago

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Ayesha T.C1Kwiziq community member

Regardant vs voyant

I received a question to translate "You're laughing while looking at me." where the correct answer is "Vous riez en me regardant."

Doesn't regarder mean "to watch" and voir means "to see"?

Wouldn't "looking" in this case mean "en voyant"?

Thank you for your help.

Asked 8 months ago

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Patricia D.A2Kwiziq community member

Present vs Immediate

I don’t get the nuance of ‘J’arrive dans 10 minutes’. 'I arrive in 10 minutes' is the same, to me, as saying ‘I will arrive in 10 minutes.

Asked 9 months ago

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Catriona L.C1Kwiziq community member

Et d'autant que je me souvienne

Why is this in the subjunctive?

Asked 8 months ago

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Susan S.C1Kwiziq community member

why is is vous soyez partis and not possibly soyez parti?

I was marked wrong for soyez parti (singular). Couldn't the "vous" refer to a singular person where past participle would be parti without an s? What am I not seeing here?

Asked 8 months ago

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Kat U.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is à laquelle wrong? > Mon frère, à laquelle je mens souvent, est très crédule.

How come the above is wrong according to my latest kwiziq test? (A qui and auquel are the correct answers).

Asked 9 months ago

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