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Lea L.B1Kwiziq community member

the verb sourire has an irregular spelling in l'imparfait. Can you explicate this? Thank you, Lea

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Peter L.C1Kwiziq community member

In this sentence, why is the 2nd "le" necessary?Elle ne le fait pas, bien qu'elle le puisse

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passer devant vs passer parPasser devant chez-toi, I understand, means to go passed your house, but passer par chez-toi, to pop in to your house, or pass by (but not go in) or both ?

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why does the following sentence require the use of the subjunctive, please?

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

how do pronominal verbs work?I have no problems with "se laver" or "se promener" - these are things you're doing to yourself. But "s'attaquer", "se moquer", "s'écrier" (attacking, making fun of, crying at) ? Those are done to others, so why are they pronominal?

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Melissa B.A2Kwiziq community member

Why don't we change arrivé to be female form for passe composé with personne which is feminine?

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Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a test for this lesson?

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Katie A.C1Kwiziq community member

Why not qu'on, as opposed to que l'on?

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Michele L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So "dont" cannot be used in any of the phrases?

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Kathryn M.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you give some examples with pronominal verbs?

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