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Celestin B.Kwiziq community member

conjugate the verbe avoir for tu in the negativeConjugate the verb avoir for “tu” in the negative?

Asked 1 year ago

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Alan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passer chercher V chercher

Asked to translate “I will pick you up at 5pm Saturday “, I wrote “ Je te chercherai à 17 heures samedi”. Apparently this is incorrect, the correct response being, “ Je passerai te chercher à 17 heures samedi”. What was wrong with my answer?

Asked 11 months ago

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Alexis S.B1Kwiziq community member

follow up q re Sharon Stone

Thanks, Jim & Chris:

Could you use the present participle? J'ai vu SS descendant(e?) d'une limo...

or would that require the english being: I saw her... 'getting out of' vs 'get out of' ? Or just be incorrect?

if ok, is it considered an adjective which needs to agree ? (with ss)

more examples using infinitive, please....

thanks again

Alexis

Asked 1 year ago

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Elle V.C1Kwiziq community member

In a team

Hello,

Just curious about Mathieu being 'in a team'. Is that how the french describe team membership? In US we say, 'on a team'.

Merci!

Asked 10 months ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imparfait vs. passé composé

La première partie de ce paragraphe utilise l’imparfait, par exemple adorais, étais, allais, achetait, s’asseyait, étaient ce qui représente des actions qui continuent au passé. Mais soudain le temps change pour les films de Marvel. Quelle est la différence ?

Asked 9 months ago

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Ted M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C’est ou Il est ?

How do I know which to use? C’est or Il est ?

Asked 1 year ago

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Rose 0.Kwiziq community member

doubt on "je l'ai faite"

I have a doubt on "je l'ai faite" and "tu l'as faite" in the above conversation.... shouldn't it be "je l'ai fait" and "tu l'as fait"....i suppose it is passé composé?

Asked 1 year ago

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Jacqueline V.C1Kwiziq community member

Helping v. having helped

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?

Asked 1 year ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Terrasses touristiques

I haven’t come across "une terrasse touristique" - is it a pavement café?

Also, it seems to me that there’s an extraneous consonant in the fourth sentence, between du and lieu: qui émane du … lieu lui-même

(Not sure how to flag technical issues in the listening exercises)

Asked 1 year ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Et dans lequel elle écrivait que

Why is the imparfait used here and not the passé composé ? The author only wrote this once.