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David B.B2Kwiziq community member

Why not "personne"

It seems to me in spoken French you can say "Personne ne s'interesse" (or maybe "personne s'interesse") but apparently that's incorrect and, when a group is mentioned beforehand, you have to say "Aucun(e)"? If that is so, why is that?

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Natasha S.A1Kwiziq community member

pour vs à

"Elle prendra l'avion à New York, puis fera une escale à Paris avant de prendre un autre vol pour Montpellier."

Why is it "prendra l'avion à New York" but "pour" for "prendre un autre vol pour Montpellier"? Is there a reason it can't be "à Montpellier"?

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je me suis également fixé un seuil minimum de 2 500 € sur mon compte bancaire...

C'est une femme qui parle ; c'est une verbe avec être : Pourquoi, donc, n'est-il pas "Je me suis également fixée...." ?

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Lyon saucisson

This is more of a cooking question than a linguistic one but, in the sentence that starts, "D'abord, enlevez l'emballage ...", is it's the actual sausage casing that is meant here, or is it the marketing package that's meant?

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Nyoman P.A2Kwiziq community member

Is homework always plural and/or uncountable in French?

Salut, i am confused as to why homework translated as devoir instead of devoirs Is it because homework is treated as uncountable and/or plural in French? I assume it's a one, countable, homework thats why I didn't think of it being devoirs.

Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse !

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Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

Indicatif v subjonctifS'informer sur ce qui convient le mieux à votre animal familier est la plus grande preuve d'amour que vous puissiez lui donner.

Why has "subjonctif" been used in the last part of the sentence? Is it possible to have a complete list of cases when it is an absolute must to use the subjunctive mood? Thanks

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Chuon B.A0Kwiziq community member

Blacked out

Hi, the teaching part is blacked out? Please advise, thank you .

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Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

après que vous aurez supporté la fin de mon toast

In this sentence, something feels off to me. To denote "to bear/stand something to the end", shouldn't we say (supporter quelque chose) jusqu'à la fin?

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Blaise P.C1Kwiziq community member

Plusieurs questionsThank you for this beautiful exercise where there was almost a one-to-one correspondence between the English and French, and instructions were given where they were due. I enjoyed completing it. I have a few questions. 1. In this sentence: 'mon mari m'avait offert une belle édition de la pièce d'Oscar Wilde "Salomé”,' in this sentence, can I enclose the word "Salomé” between guillemets? Is there a rule in French when to use inverted commas and when to use guillemets to quote something? 2. When a creative work is produced/done by someone or some entity, can we also use the preposition 'par'? For example: un documentaire par Radio-Canada? Un roman par X, des œuvres par Y. In this case precisely, la pièce par Oscar Wilde? 3. I used the same sentence as stated here: 'ces motifs exotiques et étranges qui paraissaient couvrir la toile', but the system corrected me from 'couvrir' to 'recouvrir'. 4. This is most important to me: I struggle to figure out when to use a 'pronom tonique' and when to use 'indirect object pronoun.' For example: 'un musée qui lui était entièrement dédié à Paris', I am tempted to write: 'un musée qui était entièrement dédié à (can I use consacré à as well here?) lui à Paris' in keeping with literal translation from English. Is it always the case that 'à qqn' / 'de qqn' is always replaced by an IOP? In a similar fashion, can't I say 'Je me vous souviens' instead of 'Je me souviens de vous'? 5. Is the adverbial pronoun y only present in the "Il y avoir" to translate the "There is" structure? To translate, "There exists...", "There remains...", we don't need that? I am sorry for the lengthy set of questions. Thank you for your patience.

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Hans W.A1Kwiziq community member

en ou y

I was struggling because London is a place and usually you replace a place by y at the same time I recognized the "de" which triggers en

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