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loreen h.A1Kwiziq community member

Hello, why we added (s) to souviens-toi while the lessontold us to ommit it

Asked 8 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

Liaison between pas and assez

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I noticed that there is no liaison between pas and assez in the audio of this lesson, but they also can be read as "pazassez", right?

Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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L. E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

avoir un exam?Is "avoir un exam" an idiom for passing an exam? Just wondering about the translation for one of the example sentences. I was thinking to pass the exam might be more like "Je veux que vous reussissiez tous votre examen?" and that the sentence above using avoir is referring to all taking or having exams? Merci pour l'aide !

Asked 8 years ago

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Merrilyn M.C1Kwiziq community member

When is passé simple used?

Asked 8 years ago

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Daba D.C1Kwiziq community member

The pronounciationJe sais and Tu hais have different pronounciatons. Je is more eh, while Tu is ay. Is this on purpose and if so, why?

Asked 8 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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Aaron B.C1Kwiziq community member

Prépositions pour les provinces canadiennesLe gouvernement québécois a publié cette article détaillant l'usage des prépositions avec les provinces canadiennes. Just pour compliquer ce sujet dont les règles sont déjà difficiles à décrire, la plupart s'utilise avec les prépositions correspondants à ceux utilisés pour les pays (ex. « au Manitoba »au lieu de « dans le Manitoba »). C'est probablement un détail trop petit pour ajouter comme règle sur cette page, mais j'ai pensé que ça vaut la peine de le mentionner dans les commentaires pour ceux qui voyagent au Canada :)

https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2guides/guides/clefsfp/index-fra.html?lang=fra&lettr=indx_catlog_p&page=9mJ_RuX2vjuk.html

Asked 7 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

If you swim regularly but not with a club would you use faire or jouer?I find it difficult to understand how, without context, you decide whether to use faire de or jouer à + sport?

Asked 8 years ago

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Nan M.B2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour à tous! Why is it "Vous êtes DES parents"?

Asked 9 years ago

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Nancy K.C1Kwiziq community member

Why the imparfait and not the passé composé?

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