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Berry T.B2Kwiziq community member

Là versus IciSarah rit souvent aux éclats quand il est là.Sarah often roars with laughter when he's here.
Why is the word "là" translated as "here?" Shouldn't it be "ici?"

Asked 11 months ago

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Ayesha T.C1Kwiziq community member

Writing exercise "Spanish Cooking"

Hello. I was doing a B1 writing exercise called "Spanish Cooking". Why is "but I struggled more with the tortilla." translated as "J'ai eu plus de mal" and not "J'ai eu plus DU mal"?

Asked 11 months ago

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Helen M.B1Kwiziq community member

'contrée' cf 'pays'

In one of the examples 'this land' is referred to as 'cette contrée' rather than 'ce pays'

Le chevalier fut amené devant le roi de cette contrée par les gardes

Could you please explain this usage to me? Thank you

Asked 10 months ago

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Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sentence is missing a "le"?"Il avait pu lui dire finalement." -> Correct answer
He had been able to tell him in the end.

I put:
"Il avait pu le lui dire finalement."

My sense is there's an implicit "it" in the sentence, it should be: "I was able to tell *it* to him", otherwise the sentence is incomplete.

I know it can be omitted in English, but French generally seems to be fussier (or at least kwiziq is :-) ) about these things. Is this a colloquialism or is it technically correct?

Thanks!

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Carole L.A1Kwiziq community member

Why masculine singular, not plural?I took a test with this sentence where I fill in the blank with drop down. I chose Bonnes and realize it is wrong due to using the masculine form after C'est. However, isn't 'apples' plural? Why is it bon and not bons?
- Cette pomme est bonne. - Oui, c'est ________, les pommes ! This apple is good. - Yes, apples are good!

Asked 9 months ago

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Archana A.B1Kwiziq community member

question about using des with number

why are we using des with six ( chacun des six chateaux) as six is the defined number

Asked 11 months ago

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suzanne P.C1Kwiziq community member

Genre du mot enfant

Un enfant ou une enfant? Dans la texte "Ce ne sera pas une enfant pour toujours"

Asked 4 months ago

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Fran B.A1Kwiziq community member

Le phrase mon parfum préféré

The exercise uses « Mon parfum «

Is parfum in this context « Flavor »? Is it appropriate to use the word saveur?

Asked 10 months ago

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Owen H.B1Kwiziq community member

Incorrect subject/object.

In the example: "I always liked you." You give the answer: Vous m'avez toujours plu.

I think it should be: Je vous avez toujours plu.

I know that the verb "manquer" uses a strange inversion of the subject and object, but I don't think that applies to "plaire". Does it??

Bill, email woh1712@gmail .com

Asked 10 months ago

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Jon K.B2Kwiziq community member

Words of Gratitude

I just heard someone in the show "Lupin" say what sounded like "merce" instead of "merci". Is "merce" an actual truncated form (like "ta" in English), or did the actor / character just trail off at the end of the word because she was distracted ? (It's the cop who's just taken Lupin into custody, & is transporting him by car, & she's talking with a petrol station attendant.)

Also, how common, & how slangy is "cimer" ?

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