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darwenmint@gmail.com K.C1Kwiziq community member

The use of pour.The problem I have is with the question of how to translate "Gregory goes away for the holidays" and one of the answers is give as "Gregory part pour les vacances." In the notes the use of "pour" as I understand is used only with future durations of events, either stated, or even implied. The question though is a general statement of habit as I read it, so is "pour allowed in these cases?

Asked 8 years ago

Nida F.B1Kwiziq community member

les livres or des livres

I still don't understand why you use les livres instead of des livres for a statement

J'adore_________ livres. I thought that le/la and les is used for specific thing. please clarify.

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

Tracy F.C1Kwiziq community member

Vers vs. EnvironVers midi, le soleil a commencé à briller.

Would not Environs midi... also be correct?

Asked 5 years ago

Mark S.C1Kwiziq community member

Chaque matin, je vais à la piscine.

Can't a simple "Le" be used in place of "Chaque"

Asked 7 years ago

N. M.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous nous habillionsNous nous habillions à 6 heures et demie. We dressed up at half past 6. In English "dressing up" is closer to se costumer or se deguiser, I think. S'habiller is closer to "dressing"

Asked 8 years ago

Johnny L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

atteintYou included an example of atteint but made no mention of the fact that it ends in t.

Asked 9 years ago

Erica S.B2Kwiziq community member

près de / au coin deNous avons mis la hanoukkia ________ la fenêtre. I thought 'au coin de' meant by/near. In retrospect 'près de' sounds better. But why can't 'au coin de' be used in this case? Is it only used for placement in a room or by a building (geographical) vs by a person or object? Thanks!

Asked 8 years ago

Chris M.C1Kwiziq community member

Que faisiez-vous, avant que je n’arrive?This is from a Le Petit Nicholas story. Is the second phrase identical to "avant que je ne sois arrivé?" The meaning is clearly "before I arrived". Thanks!

Asked 8 years ago

Pauline B.B1Kwiziq community member

Frustrating - not able to progress due to too long a period between being able to take further quizes.

How can I work towards a Silver Star on a specific area when the Kwizbot will not allow me to take any further quizzes for what looks like more than 8 days since the last quiz taken ?

It looks like when I take a few quizzes I am then hamstrung against making further progress for far too long a period of time.

Asked 8 years ago

Ellen S.C1Kwiziq community member

How would you write "We used to go to the cafeteria"?That was the answer I chose and I am curious as to why it is wrong.

Asked 8 years ago

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