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Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive when?"Il (verbe1) que (pronom) (verbe2)" Is verbe2 to be in the subjunctive mood for every verbe1 or only for some particular verbs?

Asked 10 years ago

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

Rant O.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Note about répartir

The note about répartir in this lesson:

Note that the verb répartir is NOT a derivative of partir, but shares its root with the word repartition, and does follow the regular -IR conjugation.

Is a little confusing, because 'partir' is not mentioned anywhere, and there is a very subtle difference with 'repartir' that is also not mentioned. Having some of this context would help!

Asked 8 years ago

Dave T.B1KwizIQ community member

Est-ce qu'il y a des exceptions ou des adverbes irreguliers qui ne se terminent pas par "-ment"?

Asked 10 years ago

Jacob A.C1KwizIQ community member

How many negatives can you fit (grammaticaly) into a French sentence?

Asked 10 years ago

caroline g.A2KwizIQ community member

Which of the following is correct?Le docteur a donné les médicaments aux malades Le docteur les leur a donnés OR donné ?

Asked 9 years ago

Richard R.C1KwizIQ community member

after "soit" when should you use "de" and when do you omit "de

Asked 9 years ago

Babit L.A2KwizIQ community member

Une Peintre ou une Peinture

"Une peintre" and "une peinture"

Meaning of the above two words is the same which is "a Painting"......Am I correct....if yes then what's the French for "a painter"?

Asked 6 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 10 years ago

John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

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