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diane b.C1Kwiziq community member

Identify regional gendersHi The rule - use en if feminine and dans le if masculine - is easy to follow. The question is - other than for UK -shires, how on earth do we know if a region or province is masculine or feminine, or falls into the 'au' (rather than 'en' or 'dans le') camp ? More help (or at least examples) please. Thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

Hannah B.A2Kwiziq community member

imparfait vs passé composehow do you know when to use passé compose or imparfait?

Asked 8 years ago

Melvin P.A2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour, Aurélie. I have a question. Why is it "tu as minci depuis l'année dernière" and not "tu mincis.."? In another lesson, it says that when using depuis the must be in the present tense. Merci beaucoup pour vos leçons. ^^

Asked 9 years ago

Anne B.A2Kwiziq community member

Vous avec soizante ans

Asked 9 years ago

helen w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Needing to show possession of body partAre these both correct for saying, I wish my hair was thick: "Je me souhaite que les cheveux soient épais" or, " Je souhaite que mes cheveux soient epais?" Can you make basically any verb pronomial by adding reflexis pronouns and then know who's "body part" you're talking about? Thank you!

Asked 7 years ago

Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No retry on the quiz?The test saves my original answers, so when I do the quiz again (I did it two weeks ag), it doesn't matter if I correct myself from before, it saves the old answers. Is it supposed to be like that?

Asked 7 years ago

S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

‘ne pas + infinitif’

Could someone kindly elaborate on the grammatical structure behind instances when ‘ne’ and ‘pas’ occur side-by-side, like ‘Tu peux ne pas venir’ and ‘Prière de ne pas déranger’ please?

Asked 6 years ago

Kyaw Z.A2Kwiziq community member

BonjoufPlease give us an example that includes both direct and indirect object pronouns. Such as I gave it to him.

Asked 7 years ago

Cati V.A2Kwiziq community member

Would it be correct to use the expression de plus en plus intéressant for increasingly interesting?

Asked 9 years ago

Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

Longer ways of saying things are less formalThan shorter ways of saying things? Is that right? Qu’est ce que is more formal than qu’est-ce que c’est que?

Asked 7 years ago

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