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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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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

She hid until after he was gone

The answer; Elle s'est cachée jusqu'à ce qu'il soit parti. surely means ' she hid until he was gone'. 'After' is not in the sentence . Is it implied? in English there is a subtle difference between the two sentences.

Asked 4 days ago

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Ian C.B1Kwiziq community member

Bad lesson

This is not a good lesson. Nowhere is it stated what we are supposed to be learning here. There are just some examples and we're supposed to figure out the differences between them in order to ascertain what the lesson is.

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Nick H.A1Kwiziq community member

It’s not problem

I'm wondering why "ça ne fait rien" was incorrect when saying 'it’s not problem?

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Dheeraj R.A0Kwiziq community member

Usage of la in this example

Est-ce ta trousse ? - Oui, c'est la mienne.
Is this your pencil case? - Yes, this is mine.

In the above example, how is la used?

From my knowledge, le/la/les can be used for the following reasons:

1. to say 'the' as a definite article
2. to generalize (la vie est compliquée - life is complicated)
3. as a direct object pronoun (le - him, la - her)

does the usage of la come under any of the above categories or is it used in a new way that i must learn?

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Andreas S.B2Kwiziq community member

Chose or choose ?

Hello, in this story, when they are at the library, shouldn't 'choose' be used here rather than 'chose'?

Thanks.

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ferry questions

Hi, should “on m'avait expliqué que le départ du ferry était retardé” be “on m'avait expliquée que le départ du ferry était retardé” because “m’” is a female direct object (I.e. Emeline is speaking)?

Also, the spelling on “En dépit de tous mes efforts pour arriver à l'heure à la gare ferrovière” is not coming up in WordReference, only “ferroviaire” is. Which is correct please?

Brian

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Oblige vs. Obligent

Hi, should “En effet, ils permettent de se confronter à des situations inattendues et parfois déstabilisantes, ce qui nous oblige à nous adapter à des réalités complètement différentes.” be “En effet, ils permettent de se confronter à des situations inattendues et parfois déstabilisantes, ce qui nous obligent à nous adapter à des réalités complètement différentes.” because it is the “situations” creating the “obliger”?

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Bethany L.A2Kwiziq community member

Masc/fem

Why am I not putting an e at the end (a tenu and not a tenue if we're speaking of a féminine thing)?

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Andreas S.B2Kwiziq community member

Have you been following...

Hello, I put 'suis-tu' in the first sentence, as 'have you been following' is the present perfect continuous, but it was marked as wrong. The answer in French, 'as-tu suivi', made it seem that the event was already in the past. Which is correct?

Thanks a lot.

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