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Debora M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I am confused with whether I should use the subjonctive in this sentence. Je suis contente que tu aies aimé l'exercice.

Je suis contente = emotion

But I know that the person loved the exercice because she already told me. So, shouldn't it be passé composé? "Je suis contente que tu as aimé l'exercice."

merci, tutu

Asked 7 years ago

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Carol D.B2KwizIQ community member

"dans laquelle" vs. "ou"Would it also be correct to say "L'époque dans laquelle il vivait..."?

Asked 10 years ago

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Advika K.A1KwizIQ community member

Je ne suis pas chaud

Asked 10 years ago

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Marilyn S C.C1KwizIQ community member

In the sentence, On est gentils. Gentils is a plural form...why are you using a plural form with "on".

Asked 7 years ago

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Yury S.B1KwizIQ community member

The example for dropping 'ne' explétif in speechThe example in the remark near the end of the lesson does not have a negation in the main verb, so it wouldn't need 'ne' explétif. In fact, it's exactly the same phrase that was used in the first example in this lesson: Il est venu sans que tu le saches.

Asked 10 years ago

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Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Gender of hyphenated nounsIn A1, there is a long lesson that tries to tell us how to infer a word's gender based on word ending patterns. Based on that, I can correctly guess that both "lave" and "vaisselle" are feminine, so why does dictionaries tell me "lave-vaisselle" is masculine ?

Asked 10 years ago

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Irene H.C1KwizIQ community member

Piscine vs. bain vs. bassin

Quand est-ce qu'on utilise 'bain' ou 'bassin', au lieu de 'piscine'? Il semble que 'piscine' n'est pas correct dans certains cas. Pourriez-vous m'expliquer ça, s'il vous plaît?

Merci.

Asked 5 years ago

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D. A.B2KwizIQ community member

Est-ce qu'on peut dire "la médecin" ou "un professeur femme"?

Asked 8 years ago

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Tom G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Using the phrase, Voyons voir ...

The last sentence, Voyons voir ce qu'on peut faire pour vous, translates to, Let’s see what we can do for you.

Why is "voir" used? I thought voyons alone means "Let's see", so using voir seems unnecessary. Is it an idiomatic expression?

Asked 5 years ago