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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le impérfait is also used to express a habit like "avoir l'habitude de"Ils avaient l'habitude de se coucher avant 10 heures / Ils se couchaient avant 10 heures; Do both can be used to mean "used to go to bed before 10"?

Asked 9 years ago

Amber R.A1Kwiziq community member

To use this in everyday speech, are you really saying this is where you were born or grew up?

Asked 9 years ago

ly fen c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hi, can we only use "pour+infinitive" in the present time, if an action is not happened yet?example: Je lui dire pour l'aider, or Il m'aide pour terminer ce travail plus vite.

Asked 9 years ago

Hira F.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite un pakistanIs this correct?

Asked 9 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say she ought to really stop seeing himI want to know how French differentiates between ought and should

Asked 9 years ago

Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"C'était la dernière fois que je venais te vois." Why does "que je venais" translate to "that I was coming" and not "that I came"?

Asked 9 years ago

Adam E.C1Kwiziq community member

C'est moi qui payeWhy can't you just say Je paye? Or someone corrected me after I said that my small daughter is ill (La petite est malade <- wrong, C'est la petite qui est malade <- why?)

Asked 9 years ago

Kristina C.A1Kwiziq community member

j'habite a edmonton

Asked 9 years ago

M H.B1Kwiziq community member

On the test the question was "Il pense à sa famille. Elle y pense aussi. If y = à plus thing/object/location (but not a person) and famille is a group of people why is y used?

Asked 9 years ago

Monica C.A1Kwiziq community member

Why woudnt it be "devant de la table"?

Asked 9 years ago

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