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Lanny R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

certain -vs- (un) peu deSo I overlooked answering with "certain" for the question : Il y a un ___. (There is some risk.) As risk is uncountable I went with : Il y a un peu de risque. (There is a bit of risk.) In English I can think of instances where those differ (your example of full stress on "some" being one of them.) but they seem mostly interchangable. Any hints on when to use "certain" and when to use "(un) peu de" in French?

Asked 7 years ago

W. M.A2Kwiziq community member

"Jules et Pierre se sont bien amusés le weekend dernier."

What is the purpose of the 'bien' in this sentence?

Wouldn't the meaning be exactly the same if it was omitted?

Asked 6 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I'm marked diamond even though I still can't wrap my head around the word order reversion of " Il rappelle son ex à Maria, elle rappelle sa soeur à AlI'm marked diamond even though I still can't wrap my head around the word order reversion of " Il rappelle son ex à Maria, elle rappelle sa soeur à Alain... "

Asked 7 years ago

Anastasios P.A1Kwiziq community member

bonsoir!pourquoi ¨je vais en ville Mais ¨Je vais au soupermarchè

Asked 7 years ago

nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

noun genders with countries

hi,

I took the test and i understand that Switzerland is feminine but why is there a masculine pronoun ils at the beginning? ils detesent la suisse. Shouldn't it be elles not ils?

thanks

nicole

Asked 2 years ago

Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a test for this lesson?

Asked 9 years ago

Dominic M.A1Kwiziq community member

Wouldn’t conditional be acceptable? “Would you like some water?”

Asked 7 years ago

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

à qui or de qui or dont

Why is "les filles dont je pense sont géniales" - wrong?

parler de?

Sometimes dont is used and in this case à qui/auxquelles

Dragana

Asked 6 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can you use Ceux sont to mean Ce Sont?

Asked 7 years ago

Richard W.B2Kwiziq community member

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