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Chaniya Y.A2Kwiziq community member

why use "pourra" instead of "pourront"?En cas de guerre, tout citoyen ________ être appelé à participer à la défense du pays.

why use "pourra" instead of "pourront"? I thought tout means every, all.

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Thanks for coming for future events

In UK English this can also apply when someone agrees to come at a future time ("thanks for coming tomorrow") so it’s useful to remember you can’t do the same in French. Incidentally the only way I can fix "pour" and "de" in my brain is to think that you "pour" something concrete..

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Ipek G.A1Kwiziq community member

Improving the vocabulary section

Hi,

The word game is not really very helpful to revise the words. Can you add simple tests that evaluate from English to French and French to English? Always with the articles of course 😊.

Thanks

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deepa r.A2Kwiziq community member

Does the past particle not get a "s" when using with direct object pronounNous n'aurions pas dû l'écouter. --> Nous n'aurions pas dûs l'ecouter ?

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amy h.A1Kwiziq community member

Prepositional phrases

I just read that the definite article MUST contract if followed by a masculine article, but see that "la boulangerie est près DE l'hôtel" is correct. Shouldn't it be "la boulangerie est prés DU l'hôtel"?

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Michael O.B1Kwiziq community member

Who decides when to switch a conversation from vous to tu

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Barbara H.C1Kwiziq community member

D’autres vides autresIl faut gagner le respect des autres. Why is this not d’autres when the question says you must gain the respect of others. It doesn’t say ‘the others’, just ‘others’ Thanks

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Paul M.C1Kwiziq community member

Conjugaison of se marier

« Elle se maria » [cette année-là] I don’t recognise the conjugation of se marier?

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Eugene M.C1Kwiziq community member

Il s’agit de vs il s’agit à

Hello, please explain why s’agit à construction was used in the phrase « Il s'agissait à l'origine d'une cérémonie honorant l'explorateur René Robert Cavelier«

Thank you

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Muhilan P.A0Kwiziq community member

Nous vs ils/elles

The confusion between "nous" and "ils/elles" in French verb conjugations, especially for regular -ER verbs in the present tense,

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