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Josian S.C1KwizIQ community member
female doctor

Est-ce que la docteure acceptable comme la forme feminine pour le docteur

Asked 2 years ago
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Liz H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
When to use soi vs soi-même

Il faut toujours essayer ... avant de juger. I used soi since I read this to be a universal self where soi is used. Why is it soi-même? What’s the rule to differentiate when using On to mean universal, we the people, etc? I used soi in a previous question using On and it was correct. Thanks. 

Asked 6 years ago
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Rebecca W.B2KwizIQ community member
Use of 's'intéresser à'

Hi,

Could someone please help me to understand which is the appropriate way to use the verb 's'intéresser à' in the sentence 'The subject I am interested in is French'.

I have seen it used in two ways and am wondering which is correct or the most common.

1. La matière à laquelle je m'intéresse est le français. 

2. La matière qui m'intéresse est le français.

 Thank you :) 

Asked 7 years ago
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Ramsay R.C1KwizIQ community member
Use of "en" rather than "y"In "she gives me four every week," shouldn't it be "elle m'y donne" rather than "elle m'en donne"? Isn't "en" only used where the article is "de"? As far as I know, it's "donner à," not "donner de."
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John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
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harris d.C1KwizIQ community member
I speak of herI'm confused why "I speak of her" is "Je parle d'elle" as my first instinct would be to say "je l'en parle". What am I missing here? Thanks.
Asked 8 years ago
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nola i.C1KwizIQ community member
When can one use n'importe où instead of nulle part for anywhere
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Catherine B.B2KwizIQ community member
A question about one of the above sentencesIn the sentence above that says "Elle a une petite voix: on l'entend peu", why is that translated as "She has a small voice: We don't hear her much". I would have thought that "on l'entend peu" would have translated to 'we hear her much'. Would you please explain this? Thank you. Catherine
Asked 10 years ago
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CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Miam, c'est délicieux! Why not il est?Miam, c'est délicieux! Why not il est? It's referring to something specific (the delicious specific thing being eaten), I assume, since we don't see the sentences before it.
Asked 8 years ago
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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Direct vs indirect object

Bonjour,

There was a sentence I was working on 

Do not call them after eight P.M! For this sentence the answer was

Ne Les appelle pas après  huit du soir. Are they using Les here as the direct object because their is no preposition for it to be indirect?

Also why is the pronoun y in this sentence after the conjugated verb?

Tu devrais y prêter attention?


Thank you

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago
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