Why is "Merci de m'avoir aidé aujourd'hui, c'était super !" not translated as "Thank you for having helped me today" It’s not the same thing as ‘thank you for helping me’ – or is it?

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Averill G.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive with negation of penser and conditional past

I came across ‘je ne pense pas qu’ils auraient reussi à s’arracher à lui s’il était revenu.’ (Harry Potter translation). Although penser when negated takes the subjunctive is the subjunctive not used when a conditional tense is needed? I guess I’m not sure whether tenses change the use of the subjunctive. I read the future changes to the present to us the subjunctive.

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Martin P.B2Kwiziq community member

des où les

Bonjour:

Quand on peut utiliser "des" devant une chose plurielle et quand on doit utiliser "les"?

Merci,

Martin

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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This lesson frustrates me more than any other"Aurélie n'est qu'allée au marché."? In the lesson you state that "you always put the que in front of the word you restrict". So in this sentence you are restricting "allee", where she went. Yet the answer, she went to the market and nowhere else is marked wrong, with the right answer being she went to the market and did nothing else. How would you state that she went to the market and nowhere else?

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"au-dessous/dessus de" v "sous/sur"

What is the rule for using "au-dessous/dessus de" rather than "sous/sur"?

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Avoir v Être"Ce matin, mon train avait encore plus d'une heure de retard,"

I'm still translating these types of sentences with être ("Ce matin, mon train était encore plus d'une heure de retard,") Could you please remind me of the rule relating to the use of avoir and not être in these situations. Thank You.

Asked 9 months ago

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Matthew F.B1Kwiziq community member

Variable colour names derived from thingsHere are the only exceptions to this rule, meaning that they do need agreement:
- écarlate (scarlet)
- fauve (fawn/tan)
- incarnat (rosy pink)
- mauve (mauve)
- pourpre (crimson)

- rose (pink) of course !

I see the origins of fauve (a fawn), mauve (a mallow) and rose (the flower) - but what are the things that écarlate, incarnat and pourpre are named after? Aren't these last three just standard colour names?

Asked 7 months ago

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Anne D.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Il gèlera sûrement demain soir.The above sentence in one of the tests is translated as : It will probably freeze tomorrow night. In English, probably implies less certainty than surely - is that not the same in French?
(Apologies if this is beside the point of the lesson!)

Asked 8 months ago

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