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Helen S.B2Kwiziq community member

Bleu Canard

I see above that bleu canard ´ is translated as ´peacock blue’ Should this not be duck blué´Paon is peacock I thought. Am I wrong?

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Eva C.B1Kwiziq community member

Use of Lui

I think this is more a question about the use of lui, but there are some examples here that use it. Ils rient avec lui, pas de lui. They laugh with him, not at him.

How do we know lui is HIM and not just him/her without any other context. Do I just take the translation for what it is, or am I missing something fundamental? I find this to be so confusing. Thank you.

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Sue H.B1Kwiziq community member

Malgré et en dépit de

The theory says these are interchangeable yet I used malgré and was marked wrong

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Mark S.B1Kwiziq community member

Should this read, "...is a verb or an object of a reflexive pronoun"When to use ce qui instead of ce queThe pattern to spot is that we use ce qui when the next word is a verb or an object or reflexive pronoun (for example: me, te, se, lui, le, la, nous, vous, leur, les).

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Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

B2 rather that C1

Please reconsider level of execise. I would suggest rather it is a B2 level because it is considerably easier than the other C1 execises

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Steph M.C1Kwiziq community member

How can masculine singular mean theirs?How can masculine singular and feminine singular mean theirs? Isn’t that plural? Shouldn’t it be his or her?

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Radhika S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dans ou en

In the test, it says -Il termine dans 2 minutes. shouldnt it be ..en 2 minutes. i have learnt that when some action finishes within a particular time we use en.

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Johnny C.C1Kwiziq community member

Nouvel An vs. nouvelle année?

Why isn't nouvelle année not in caps?

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Lucy P.C1Kwiziq community member

When do you have to put l’ before on lorsque l’on est ici….

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Michael H.B1Kwiziq community member