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Tom Rune K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can "en" ever express waiting?I understand the examples given in this lecture (although I'd have like "en" to be contrasted with "pendant" as well), but can "en" ever mean "in" as in "I'll leave in one hour"? Or should I forget completely about using "en" in that sense?

Asked 7 years ago

tristan m.A0Kwiziq community member

n'est-ce pas docteur pas médecin?

Asked 7 years ago

Patrick R.A0Kwiziq community member

why is it that we can say je suis des parents, but not je suis des a amoureux?I mean this as in, when we say je suis des parents we say I am a parent, but when we say je suis des a amoureux we say I'm lovers - which makes no sense. Maybe it's just des I am confused with?

Asked 8 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Kristin asked: "Je l'ai épousée." Why the "- e" at the end of "épousée" ?"

Asked 8 years ago

Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why isn't it "Premiere erreur de ne pas faire" but is "Premieur erreur a ne pas faire"?

Asked 8 years ago

Frances E.B1Kwiziq community member

typing accentswhich letter do I hold to type in the required accent?

Asked 7 years ago

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.

Asked 7 years ago

Mary D.B2Kwiziq community member

She likes me translates to: "Je lui plais." Why isn't the pronoun "elle" ?

Asked 7 years ago

Paul M.B2Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi faut-il que le plus jeune choississe? Et pourquoi se cache-t-il sous la table? Comment choisit-il-- en tapant sur les pieds?

Asked 6 years ago

Saleh E.A2Kwiziq community member

In the first example there is a mistake.

Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been (had) cold that winter.

Asked 8 years ago

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