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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Is the pronunciation of 'faisons'irregular? It sounds like 'fesons' (the 'ai' is not pronounced as in 'il fait' or 'vous faites').
Asked 8 years ago
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Sarah C.A1Kwiziq community member
When do you use vouloir and when do you us avoir envie de
Asked 6 years ago
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Eldra C.B1Kwiziq community member
le bébé is masculine only?

What is baby girl in French?

Asked 6 years ago
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Duke H.B1Kwiziq community member
Please explain "Il lui (verbe)"Bonjour! I'm trying to improve my French through reading, and I've encountered a problem that I don't think was covered in my lessons. I keep seeing the following structure used in a sentence: "Il lui (verbe)." For example: "Il lui manque la montié d'une oreille et ses yeux sont... ." I unferstand this sentence to mean "He is missing half of an ear, and his eyes are... ." My problem is that I can't figure out why such sentences are using "Il lui (verbe)" instead of just "Il (verbe)." Another example is "Il lui arrive même de nous faire cadeau d'un rat." Could you please explain (1) is "lui" is being used as a stress pronoun in this case? And (2) why is it being used at all? Marci! -Duke
Asked 8 years ago
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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Commencer à faire ou commencer de faire

Hi,

There are lists of verbs that take à or de before an infinitive and commencer is on both lists. Can you explain when to use which construction? Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago
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Louise U.A1Kwiziq community member
Où habitez-vous?
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Maeve L.A2Kwiziq community member
Doucement or lentement for slowly

Why for open the door slowly: it's "doucement" instead of "lentement"

Asked 5 years ago
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Ainsworth B.Kwiziq community member
"Retrouver" y "rencontrer"

J'ai utilisé le verbe "rencontrer" au lieu de "retrouver" pour "to meet." Quelle est la différence entre les deux verbes?

Asked 6 years ago
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Rux S.C1Kwiziq community member
Personne vs. Aucun(e) - please explainWhat is the difference between Aucun(e) and Personne. For example, in the test, why do you translate "Nobody spoke" with "Personne n'a parle" but consider incorrect "Aucun n'a parle"?
Asked 10 years ago
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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Le Futur vs l'Imparfait.

In the writing challenge "My post-university plans" the sentence "I've heard that Isabelle is also going to try her luck in Paris." is translated as "J'ai entendu dire qu'Isabelle allait aussi tenter sa chance à Paris."

Why is "allait" used rather than "ira" or "va"?

"allait" seems to be translation for "was going", not "will be going" or "is going", yet the most likely meaning of the sentence is that Isabelle's action will occur in the future.

It seems that the explantion has to do with the fact that the sentence describes something already heard and therefore belongs to the past but the result is not intuitive.

Asked 7 years ago
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