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Victoria M.C1Kwiziq community member

Extra Words - Unnecessary?A sentence like "Tu as reçu une lettre qui est de ta cousine." seems a little wordy. Is it correct (or incorrect) to just say "Tu as reçu une lettre de ta cousine." ? Merci beaucoup!

Asked 9 years ago

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Colin G.A2Kwiziq community member

Why ''s'il te plaît'' and not ''s'il tu plait'' please?

Asked 1 year ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

s'intéresser

I am searching for the use of s'intéresser à ...versus interesser quelqu'un. Could you please provide some examples and explain how these two forms should be applied. Thanks heaps.

Asked 5 years ago

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Merle D.B2Kwiziq community member

If 'lui' means him or her why does 'vous lui dites' mean 'you tell him...' And not 'you tell her...'

Asked 9 years ago

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Ashley D.A0Kwiziq community member

Bonjour! J'habite en Virgine, aux États Unis.

Asked 8 years ago

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Jing T.A1Kwiziq community member

Singapour - article ou non?

My understanding is that countries like Singapore, which are counted as city-states, are without an article? So I can say Je veins de Singapour?

Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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Lewis S.C1Kwiziq community member

(spoiler alert)Achète-t-il des pâtes? Just to be sure, the translation could be equally, "Does he buy pasta?" and "Is he buying pasta?", is that correct?

Asked 7 years ago

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Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

le deuxième degré ?Will there be a lesson covering «le deuxième degré» usage of French? I ran across this in an article that I was reading and had not heard the phrase previously. It seems that there is also «le troisième degré». premier degré = au pied de la lettre deuxième degré = humour troisième degré et plus = humour capillotracté, paludoludiverbisme, voire céphalocaptation… Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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Deborah N.C1Kwiziq community member

Typing accents on an ipadI've just switched to using an iPad but am finding that the "hold down the letter" thing in order to type accents, isn't working. Any ideas?

Asked 8 years ago

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Might beI have seen might be + verb (e.g.) eating as either il pourrait manger or il mangerait. Are they both correct.

Asked 7 years ago

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