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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why do we use partitive articles for 'faire' but definite articles for 'jouer à'?

Il fait du tennis (fait + de le)

Il joue au tennis (joue à + le)

I thought whether we use partitve articles should depends on the thing we modify instead of the verb

Asked 7 years ago

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Johnny L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

it doesn't work with other moments of the dayYou wrote "To emphasise that you're talking about "the evening before", you can also use the expression la veille au soir, but it doesn't work with other moments of the day (matin, après-midi)." Then how do I say the morning before?

Asked 10 years ago

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Stephen S.C1KwizIQ community member

Ce restaurant plâit à nous . Cette veste plâit à Marie. Please could you explain to One of these is correct . Please explain.

Asked 9 years ago

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Chuck P.C1KwizIQ community member

"ils" vs. "elles""ils" is given as the correct answer and "elles" is marked wrong. Why can't "they" be translated as "elles"?

Asked 9 years ago

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Sheetal S.A1KwizIQ community member

Negation in french

I have read earlier that while doing negation in avoir we should change the articles into de for example.. J'ai un Stylo

Je n'ai pas de Stylo. Then how to follow this rule while using verbs

Asked 7 years ago

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noel w.A1KwizIQ community member

How do you conjugate habiter

Asked 8 years ago

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Jason K.C1KwizIQ community member

Bernard l'envoie à elle - why is this incorrect?Just wanted to check why "Bernard l'envoie à elle" was incorrect to say Bernard sent something to her - is it that "lui" is mandatory in this case?

Asked 9 years ago

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Jamee R.A0KwizIQ community member

Je viens de West Orange a New Jersey aux Etats-Unis

Asked 10 years ago

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Tony Q.A2KwizIQ community member

mou/mol/molle order

Does mou/mol/molle always go after the noun?

Asked 5 years ago

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umadevi m.A1KwizIQ community member

need explanations from the grammar part cod

Asked 8 years ago

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