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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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Erica M.C1Kwiziq community member

Sortir de - can't figure this one out

Why isn`t the statement 'Je sors de Narbonne en ce moment-même.' correct? It seems to be one of the special cases where 'sortir de' can be used when leaving a city (only time). According to Wikepedia Narbonne is a town in France. The correct answers used partir and quitter which made sense to me but this 3rd sentence also seemed correct.

Appreciate your comments. Thanks.

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Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I used "Alors" instead of puis or one of the other possibilities ?

Puis vers vingt-deux heures trente,...

I used "Alors" instead of puis or one of the other possibilities.

Why not alors?

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Ted M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aren’t eng millions fr millions?

The asks to translate Nigeria's population is more than one hundred million people.

The answer given was ‘milliards de’. But isn’t milliards used for billions?

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Janet D.C1Kwiziq community member

Le mot "pas"

J'ai appris beaucoup de cet exercise. Pourquoi il n'y a pas le mot "pas" dans la phrase .....qu'ils ne soient nés en captivité...? Merci.

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Carolyn C.C1Kwiziq community member

Definitions of walking

How do you express walking fast for exercise, pas comme une promenade.

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why "debut juillet"

Why just "debut juillet" instead "au debut de juillet"? Apparently I can't submit this question without more detail. I don't know how much detail I can give. It's a simple question

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John T.B2Kwiziq community member

I’m struggling with the change of tense in same sentence

I’m struggling with the change of tense in same sentence, that is, je mangerai les œufs que ma famille va m’offrir, and then again, je vais avoir du mal …mais je serai bien reposée. Is it because one is certain and there could be doubt about the other? Any help gratefully accepted. Merci

Asked 8 months ago

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Elysia S.C1Kwiziq community member

À vs. Dans after allerIt would be really helpful to have a subsection of this lesson, or a separate lesson entirely, that describes when to use "à" and when to use "dans" for "to" after aller.

My best guess right now is that à is used with definite articles, and dans is used with indefinite ones. So "Je vais au parc," and "Je vais dans un parc." Is that correct?

Asked 10 months ago

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Adam B.C1Kwiziq community member

Replace desquelles with dont

Hello,

In the sentence 'il y avait de petites huttes aux fenêtres desquelles de minuscules visages hirsutes avaient l'air préoccupé.'

Is it possible to replace desquelles with dont?

Asked 1 year ago

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