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Héctor V.B1Kwiziq community member

Hello. Can you make a more clear distinction on when to use marcher and when to use aller a pied?I just got wrong this sentence in a quiz: "Tu marches à l'école". Its suppose to be "Tu vas à pied" but I dont understand why. I know that "aller a pied" makes reference to go to a destination, but Is "Tu marches à l'école" really grammatically incorrect? Why?

Asked 8 years ago

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ED O.C1Kwiziq community member

How do you know when to use nombreuses vs nombreux?

Asked 3 years ago

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Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

tiers or tierce?It was not mentioned in the lesson, when to use 'tiers' and when to use 'tierce'. Which one to use when?

Asked 8 years ago

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Asmita R.A1Kwiziq community member

Mona Lisa to Jaconde

Why is Mona Lisa changed to Jaconde ? And why is bateau mouche and not fluvial?

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is it "la plupart du temps" rather than de temps since it is a kind of measurement?

Asked 6 years ago

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Cem K.A0Kwiziq community member

countable / uncoutable nouns

is there any other example for both countable and uncountable nouns?

chocolate / chocalates

Asked 3 years ago

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Almut H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Terminology of tensesI am not a native speaker of English and the terms I learnt for verb tenses in the past are "Present Perfect", "Past Tense" and "Past Perfect" (plus the continuous equivalents). Now you say "in English we use the Simple Past followed by the Imperfect" and I wonder what these verb forms are meant to be, especially since in your example "He played football when he was small" both verbs (to play and to be) seem to stand in the same tense, namely the one I was taught to call "Past Tense".

Asked 9 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Penser à vs songer à

Can anyone tell me what the difference would be when using either penser à or songer à ?

Merci

Asked 5 years ago

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Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

imparfait vs. en train de I echo Meghna's last question: The correct answer is ´J'ai frappé à la porte, mais tu étais en train de dormir.´. Could I say this as j'ai frappé ..... mais tu dormais?

Asked 8 years ago

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Joanne H.B1Kwiziq community member

Chercher vs trouverHi there,

Can we say "pour trouver le cadeau parfait" as well a "pour chercher le cadeau parfait"?

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Asked 4 years ago

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