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John B.C1Kwiziq community member

La police/la gendarmerie? a subtle distinction?

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Joyance M.B2Kwiziq community member

Along the lines of the "ce que" versus "quel" question...Along the lines of the "ce que" versus "que" question, must the question "Ce qui fait peur ici?" always begin with "ce que" because the answer is unknown (not mentioned previously?) even though it refers to a noun and not a phrase/sentence? If so, when can a question begin with Quel? Only if the answer was already mentioned?

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Dino B.B1Kwiziq community member

Please explain using des/de in "on saura qu’il y a des reines autant qu’il y a de femmes"In the phrase "on saura qu’il y a des reines autant qu’il y a de femmes", why do we say "des reines", but "de femmes" (why not "des femmes")?

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diane l.B2Kwiziq community member

How would you say, "He does not have one car. He has two."?Il n'a pas une voiture. Il en a deux.

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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do we express "to make someone late?"The Week One B2 writing challenge used "mettre" rather than "faire" to say when something (a taxi) made me late ("m'a mis en retard"). Is there a lesson with some examples on using mettre? Thanks.

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Janet Z.A1Kwiziq community member

How do you still "I am going to (city)."?

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive when?"Il (verbe1) que (pronom) (verbe2)" Is verbe2 to be in the subjunctive mood for every verbe1 or only for some particular verbs?

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Almut H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is "Un millier" exactly one thousand or about one thousand?

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

monter with être/avoirLes explorateurs ont monté la colline / Les explorateurs sont montés sur la colline. Do these mean the same thing?

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John B.C1Kwiziq community member

Test scoresI've been trying to reach a "confidence" level of 90% at C1 level. I got to 89.9%, took 2 further C1 tests and got 100% on each, but my level slipped back to 89.6%. How's that?

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