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Ron T.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

le deuxième degré ?Will there be a lesson covering «le deuxième degré» usage of French? I ran across this in an article that I was reading and had not heard the phrase previously. It seems that there is also «le troisième degré». premier degré = au pied de la lettre deuxième degré = humour troisième degré et plus = humour capillotracté, paludoludiverbisme, voire céphalocaptation… Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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steven l.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I would have a big house if I could afford it

"J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens"

Why is the imparfait "avais" used here? "Could" is conditional, so why are we not using "pourrais" here?

Asked 8 years ago

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D. A.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Je n'y vais pas, et toi? -Non, je n'y vais pas non plus. I'm not going, you? -No, I'm not going either.wanted to know the usage of y here please

Asked 7 years ago

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Scott N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

CinquièmeI think it would be useful to note in the lesson another small exception to the rule on forming the ordinal numbers. Namely, 'cinq' becomes 'cinquième' rather than 'cinqième'. No big deal, but I just wanted to mention it.

Asked 7 years ago

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Virginia Y.B2KwizIQ community member

peacock blue = bleu canard

canard is duck in French. paon is peacock.

Why not bleu paon?

Asked 5 years ago

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Ron T.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Celui or le mienJ'aime ton chien mais je préfère ________ que j'ai adopté. I love your dog but I prefer the one I adopted. celui (program correct response) le mien (my response) So given this question, I chose «le mien» since the questioned required a typed in response but the correct answer according to the program is «celui»; however, to me «le mien» is also a correct response. Can you please explain the reason it would not be correct? Merci en avance.

Asked 9 years ago

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Kimia K.C1KwizIQ community member

For "our parents" (ie. it is my brother and my parents), why do we say "nos parents" instead of "notre parents" since it is the same parents?

Asked 7 years ago

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Antoinette D.B2KwizIQ community member

Where is an adverb put with these expressions?Example, greatly or often?

Asked 9 years ago

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Jenk O.B2KwizIQ community member

D'ailleurs vs. Au fait D'ailleurs, ça me rappelle que Paul m'avait prêté un livre palpitant.
Can i use "Au fait" in this sentence instead of "D'ailleurs"? Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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stephen w.C1KwizIQ community member

"I do not have any money money left"Is the same as"I do not have any more money" so why put both these answers to the same question, because they are both right in English.

Asked 8 years ago

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