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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Trois sixièmes ou un demiI appreciate that exercise is showing how to write fractions. However, do they actually say "trois sixièmes" instead of "un demi" in everyday life?

Asked 7 years ago

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Peter B.C1Kwiziq community member

circonflexeWhy - château but - chapeau I don't understand the use of the circonflexe when to me the pronunciation appears similar

Asked 8 years ago

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Vincent D.B1Kwiziq community member

so does "vous feriez vos études ce soir" mean "you should study this evening" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Melvin P.A2Kwiziq community member

Salut,If the verb of a negative sentence is être, would it still be possible to change un / une to de / d'? Merci beaucoup. ^^

Asked 9 years ago

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Ron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

More specific description pleaseêtre + descendu [de, sur, etc] = to get off [something] = to get out of [something/somewhere] = to go/come down from/to/into [something/somewhere] avoir + descendu [quelque chose] ou [quelqu'un] = to go/come/climb down [something] = to take [something] down -> physically moving [something] to a lower position = to take [someone / animated being] down -> to shoot them down, to kill them There seems to be a lot of ambiguity between the English example meanings between être and avoir usage: to get off [something] = to go/come down from/to/into [something/somewhere] and: = to go/come/climb down [something]. Because in English these translations can have very similar meanings, it is unclear to me, hence the ambiguity, a method to differentiate these two. Could you please elaborate more with a bit more preciseness? Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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Charlie J C.A0Kwiziq community member

Nous habitons

In the video when explaining "we live" she did not pronounce the 's' at the end of 'nous.' Because the 'h' in 'habitons' is silent, shouldn't the 's' in 'nous' be pronounced?

Thank you!

Asked 5 years ago

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jane b.C1Kwiziq community member

Can anyone tell me the difference between the words for however? cependant, toutefois, néanmois, pourtant. Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

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Jeremy, L.B2Kwiziq community member

Is there a lesson on "avoir" in past conditional?

Asked 9 years ago

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Heera S.A2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour Aurélie! What is the difference between "Je vais au Portugal" and "Je vais dans le Portugal" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

I wasn't sure at the end if this lesson the advantages of using one or the other ...... and having just been asked a question on it I left the question and found the answer was the one with qui .... qui which looked the most confusing of the answers and the one I certainly wouldn't have chosen :)

Asked 9 years ago

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