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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I assme the 'le réfrigérateur' is not abstract; so it is masculine not feminin..

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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"They're expecting him to arrive at any minute now" Perhaps a third way to say this is to use the longer form with the subjunctive : "Ils s'attendent à ce qu'il arrive d'une minute à l'autre." Is this ok? Does it convey more or less of the anxiety conveyed by the example using "Ils s'attendent à son arrivé...?" Thanks.

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Suzy B.C1Kwiziq community member

How to access translation exercises?I am a premium subscriber and the emails say the translation exercises are sent by email to all premium subscribers but I haven't received anything that allows me to access the exercises properly and I cannot work out how to access them.

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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question from the Writing Challenge that references "en"This lesson is referenced in the Week 1, B1 writing challenge but it does not contain information on the use of "en" in the part where the speaker says he will see places in Paris "that I've only seen in photos." The answer uses "que je n'ai vues qu'en photos." Why is en needed there? Thanks.

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mary b.A2Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Perth, près d'Ottawa, au Canada.

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Alice T.A0Kwiziq community member

J'ai dixseptJ'ai dix-sept ans.

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Alice T.A0Kwiziq community member

Bonjour!Je viens de Sarajevo!

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Jb A.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite à HokkaidoC'est tres magnifique

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Jb A.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Tokyo

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Today's insightA way to simplify things is to think of short phrases as if they were single words. "il y a" is an obvious example. With "j'ai" as a single word, one does not have to think about the rule were the terminating vowel of a word must be replaced with an apostrophe when the next word begins with a vowel. And with "ce qui est", one does not need to think about the rules about when to use "ce que" vs "ce qui".

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