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William S.C1Kwiziq community member
Can "de bonne heure" be used to express "early". For a question the correct answer was "en advance". Tu es en avance aujourd'hui. Could one say Tu es de bonne heure aujourd'hui.
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Sarah T.C1Kwiziq community member
j'ai passé ou je suis passé
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Nicole C.C1Kwiziq community member
Again stuck on when to use passé simple. Thought not used much in conversation these days?
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Barbara A.C1Kwiziq community member
Am not understanding when to use passe' simple
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Jayne M.C1Kwiziq community member
I just dont get the difference between de...à ..and.de..du...they e both used in between dates?
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M. I.A2Kwiziq community member
Why not passé composé or plus que parfait?OK. Alors j'ai toujours des problems avec l'imparfait. Pourquoi est-ce qu'on ne doit pas utilise le passé composé avec : "Tu parlais de Jean, ce matin." "Ce matin" n'est pas une temps spécifique? L'autre example que me pose des problems c'est "Elle courait quand le bus arriva." Ça n'est pas un example d'une action interrompu? Alors il faudra utiliser le plus que parfait, non?
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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Ai-je assez d'argent ? Not why?Inverted form of question. Is it for the purpose of pronunciation?
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AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher
Graham asked: "Il doit y avoir la lettre s à la terminaison du mot retourné? vous êtes retournés "
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AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher
Susan suggested a great mnemonic not to mix up être and faire in the passé simple :"faire has an "i," être does not, so the passé simple of faire would have an "i," and the passé simple of être would not. It's a bit simplistic, but it helped me keep the two verbs straight until I didn't have to think about which was which any more."
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Boon Hong T.A1Kwiziq community member
what about cities? J'aime la paris. or J'aime paris
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