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helen w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Anne est-elle allée au marché?In this example, could you also say " Est Anne allee au marche?" Would this also be correct?

Asked 8 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ils n'auraient jamais pu comprendre tes raisons"Ils n'auraient jamais pu comprendre tes raisons" and "Il n'aurait jamais pu comprendre tes raisons". Both sentences sound alike. How to differentiate and write correctly on dictation?

Asked 8 years ago

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Mysterious StrangerKwizIQ community member

Long and short scale.Billions, trillions and so forth can be confusing. Two scales are used. A long scale, used in many english-speaking countries: 10^3 - thousand 10^6 - million 10^9 - billion 10^12 - trillion 10^15 - quadrillion 10^18 - quintillion 10^21 - sextillion (each "-illion" increases by a power of 3) And a long scale, used in most european countries: 10^3 - mille 10^6 - million 10^9 - milliard 10^12 - billion 10^15 - billiard 10^18 - trillion 10^21 - trilliard (each "-illion" increases by a power of 6 with a "-illiard" in-between) This can be confusing for an european when reading international news. For example, when the US is spending a trillion(en) dollars, it's actually spending a billion(fr), 10^12, not a trillion(fr), 10^18.

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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 10 years ago

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Nil L.C1KwizIQ community member

Réveillez-vous or Réveille-toi?

Tell your friend: "Wake up!": ________ !(HINT: se réveiller = to wake up)My answer is Réveillez-vous, and why is it not correct?

Asked 5 years ago

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Victoria M.C1KwizIQ community member

Extra Words - Unnecessary?A sentence like "Tu as reçu une lettre qui est de ta cousine." seems a little wordy. Is it correct (or incorrect) to just say "Tu as reçu une lettre de ta cousine." ? Merci beaucoup!

Asked 10 years ago

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Fan Z.A1KwizIQ community member

Nous nous lavons le soir. Ils se lavent tous les matins. Why use 'le soir' not 'les soirs' in that sentence? What is the difference?

Asked 7 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 9 years ago

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Peter L.C1KwizIQ community member

In this sentence, why is the 2nd "le" necessary?Elle ne le fait pas, bien qu'elle le puisse

Asked 10 years ago

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Karen M.B1KwizIQ community member

Le bord de mer … is that correct? Why isn’t it le bord de la mer?

Asked 5 years ago

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