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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When is "de" needed?Look at these sentences: Le roi a la pouvoir. Pour faire de la fusion nucléaire une source d'énergie, il faut que... How come one needs "de" in front of "la", but the other doesn't? Is there some handy rule I can apply?

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MARIAN U.A0Kwiziq community member

I have issues with the tenses and how to conjugate

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Carol D.B2Kwiziq community member

"dans laquelle" vs. "ou"Would it also be correct to say "L'époque dans laquelle il vivait..."?

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B. M.B2Kwiziq community member

When do you use etre a instead of la mien, la tien etc?

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J. G.C1Kwiziq community member

FALLOIR passé composé ?

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

connaître vs connaitreI was just judged incorrect for suggesting "connait" as the 3rd person present indicative version of the verb (should have been connaît). Now, I often go to fr.wiktionary.org to look up words' meaning and conjugations. It lists two verbs, connaitre and connaître with very similar meaning. Are these two distinct verbs or just two alternative spellings of the same verb?

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Ethan B.A1Kwiziq community member

Comme ça?je fais mon petit dejeuner, tu fais des dégâts, il fait du cafe, nous faire le jardinage, mes amis et moi faisons les temps pour un rendez-vous, vous faites toujours les repas délicieux, mes enfants me font content

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Ethan B.A1Kwiziq community member

je viens de Havelock North en nouvelle Zélande

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Jacob A.C1Kwiziq community member

How many negatives can you fit (grammaticaly) into a French sentence?

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David P.A0Kwiziq community member

Position of adjectivesYou have given us the general rule and exceptions. This is good. But scrolling down further I find a mind boggling array of existent exceptions. Can I choose to ignore and not worry about those for the short and mid term progress with the language?

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