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Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Se retrouver versus rencontrer?Is there a difference in usage between se retrouver and rencontrer? I think they both mean to meet.

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Almut H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why apostrophise?I am aware of the general confusion between "des" the indefinite plural article and "des"="de"+"les" the combination of the "de" with the definite plural article. However, normally neither of them gets apostrophised. Whence the exception here?

Asked 10 years ago

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Amany O.A0KwizIQ community member

J'ai une chienne

Asked 10 years ago

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a. v.C1KwizIQ community member

"de" or "des"

"Bonjour

Can you please clarify for me why the answer on 1 of the questions - see below - contains "de" before the adjective and noun?

"Ta soeur et ses amis ont de jolies poupées."

I would have expected "des" because "poupées" is plural.

Asked 8 years ago

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Johnny L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Comment vont-ils aller en Allemagne ? (How are they going to Germany?)I just learned "Comment vont-ils aller en Allemagne ?" Why is aller necessary here? Why can't it just be "Comment vont-ils en Allemagne ?" Thanks

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Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il pense avoir fini ce rapport etche thinks he will have finished. Is there a lesson this construction?

Asked 8 years ago

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Matt R.B1KwizIQ community member

Please explain: Il a fait exprès de ne pas rendre la monnaie.Why "ne pas", by itself, not around a verb?

Asked 9 years ago

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Sheila R.B2KwizIQ community member

I ate earlier, this morning, when I got up, etc, but I have already eaten, surely?

Asked 9 years ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Just a thought!The words in these two phrases "de moins en moins de" and "de plus en plus de" are similar to the letters in words like radar, noon, and civic. They read the same backwards and forwards.

Asked 9 years ago

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ramachandrika b.A1KwizIQ community member

I couldn't see quizzes for any lesson.what may be the reason?

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