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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.

Asked 1 year ago
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satish v.A0Kwiziq community member
French for class 8 level 3

Pierre,fait-il encore le devoir

Change the negative expression 

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F. M.B2Kwiziq community member
Must we contribute in French, by the way?Rusty after many years away from this language and at the moment I am understanding French far better than I am writing it. I don't want to embarrass myself by contributing in French. I used to be good at translations so I have suggestions when it is French to English without wanting to compose the French myself right now. I have just come on here today after meaning to do it for many months so will count that as success and not failure that I am not contributing in French yet. Best wishes to all on here and thank you for working my brain.
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i. l.C1Kwiziq community member
la plupart des gens ont déjà tout ce dont ils ont besoin

To me it looks like "la plupart" (singular) is the subject rather than "des gens" (plural), so why is the rest of the sentence in the plural?

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Conor M.A2Kwiziq community member
Is this wrong?

Rather than using "je dois aussi acheter...," I used "il faut que j'aussi achète...." It marked me incorrect and didn't have my translation as an option. Is mine actually wrong?

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?


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Le P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Use of present participle, without "en..)

Is it correct to write:

Ainsi, ayant pris soin de satisfaire à l'exigence de .....

I cannot work this out from the Progress materials, which seem to focus mostly on en+..ant

Merci

Asked 11 months ago
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Jacquie V.B2Kwiziq community member
Ça n'a pas été une surprise- there is a rule about +un(e)becoming de after a negative eg j'ai une maison but je n'ai pas de maison. Please explain
Asked 1 year ago
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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Il lui fallut donc afficher son statut de veuve

I translated this as ' il fallut donc qu'elle affiche son statut de veuve' Was this incorrect as it wasn't given as an option.

Thanks

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
C'est v il est

The given translation of "It's green" is "C'est vert". But surely usually it would be "Il est vert" because normally "green" applies to a specific thing. If you were talking about a landscape perhaps it could be "C'est vert", but in any case "Il est vert" should not be marked as wrong, should it? If it should, then your advanced lesson on the difference needs clarification.

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