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John T.A2Kwiziq community member

No French translation in this lesson

I'm not sure why but in this lesson, the examples I see are all in English. There is no French translation. Anyone else had this problem? I have seen it once or twice before.

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J P.B2Kwiziq community member

Avoir ou être avec COD + verbe pronominal

Est-ce plus correct à dire "Elle s'est rasé les jambes, elle les a lavées aussi" ou "Elle s'est rasé les jambes, elle les est lavées aussi"?

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Are these sentences correct ?

Je ne participe plus aux compétitions.

Je ne fais plus de compétitions

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Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Role of "des"

I don't understand the construction of " j'avais des démangeaisons ". What is the role of "des"? It looks like a preposition between an auxiliary verb and a main verb. Or is "démangeaisons " a noun? It certainly looks like a verb. Thanks for any help.

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Christine S.A1Kwiziq community member

question re lui and elle

I know this exercise is about numbers, but i do not understand the following examples:

Il lui envoie deux-mille roses.He sends her two thousand roses.Il lui envoie deux milliers de roses.He sends her two thousand roses.
Why does 'lui' translate as 'her' in both these examples? I thought 'lui' when used like this refers to him, and that 'elle' would be her?
Thanks

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Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Allumions ou allumait???

Pourquoi est-ce qu'on écrit "ma sœur ou moi allumions une bougie à tour de rôle" C'est seulement une des sœurs qui fait la tâche.. donc , logiquement "allumer" serait au singulier???????

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Christian H.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Requirement for "qui" in case "dont" + number is followed by a conjugated verb

This point has been already raised in an answer to a previous question but has not received any attention. So would like to pick it up again.

I have two grammar books containing examples with "dont" and numbers which do not state this requirement for "qui". For brevity I will just cite one of them:

"Grammaire Progressive du Français B1 B2", 2019, p.116:
"Ils ont trois grands enfants dont deux sont médecins."

So my assumption is that "qui" is not required, if the "number" is the subject of the next sentence.

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Anushka S.Kwiziq community member

Complétez les phrases avec le passé récent - 1. Tu___________uncafé.(Prendre) 2. Nous__________alasalledesport.(sortir)

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Vincent P.B1Kwiziq community member

Fait exprès How would you say "He didn't give the change back on purpose." ?Il a fait exprès de ne pas rendre la monnaie.Il n'a pas rendu la monnaie à propos.Il n'a pas rendu la monnaie d'intention.Il n'a pas l'intention de rendre la monnaie.
Hello,
I know the right answer is A. But is it supposed to be ´ Il a fait exprès de ne rendre pas la monnaie.’ ? Instead of ´ Il a fait exprès de NE PAS rendre la monnaie.´
Thanks.

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