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Robyn C.B1KwizIQ community member

So a compound colour always reverts to the masculine form?

Asked 9 years ago

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Johnny L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

s'attendre àI feel like I will never get this. You wrote "Note that s'attendre à is usually used for negative expectations (i.e., I expect something bad)" but then "You're expecting some happy news" is "Tu t'attends à de bonnes nouvelles." Happy news is neither negative or bad.

Asked 10 years ago

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Don P.C1KwizIQ community member

Nitpicking correction to the textWhere you write "In order to turn a sentence from active to passive voice, the tense of the auxiliary être must be the same as the tense of the main verb of the active sentence," shouldn't you instead say "the auxiliary VERB" or "the auxiliary VERB ÊTRE/AVOIR", especially since the examples that follow use "avoir" and not "être."

Asked 8 years ago

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Rant O.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

lui or le?How do I know if I should do "J'aime l'écouter" vs. "J'aime lui écouter."?

Asked 7 years ago

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Gary B.A2KwizIQ community member

The French seem very formal with time. Do they ever just say " it is ten fifteen?"Il est dix quinze.

Asked 9 years ago

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Jan W.C1KwizIQ community member

The phrase "Anthony is bringing his sunglasses in case it's sunny" can be translated The phrase "Anthony is bringing his sunglasses in case it's sunny" can be translated "Anthony apporte ses lunettes de soleil au cas où il ferait beau" but is there a way of using il y a du soleil instead or is it impossible because of the au cas où + le conditionnel-rule?

Asked 9 years ago

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Dipika J.A2KwizIQ community member

Is the sentence correct.. Le repas me plaît.

Asked 10 years ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Trois sixièmes ou un demiI appreciate that exercise is showing how to write fractions. However, do they actually say "trois sixièmes" instead of "un demi" in everyday life?

Asked 8 years ago

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D. W.B2KwizIQ community member

Approximate numbers - 70, 80, and 90Hi, in your lesson "How to make approximate numbers such as une dizaine (ten or so)" you explain how to form the approximate numbers dizaine (10), vintgaine (20), trentaine (30), quarantaine (40), cinquantaine (50), soixantaine (60) and centaine (100). You did not mention 70, 80, nor 90. Do these not exist? Or are my guesses "soixante-dizaine" (70), "quatre-vingtaines" (80) and "quatre-vingt-dizaine" (90) in the right direction?

Asked 9 years ago

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Rod B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Aller àConfused re "These hats suit us" I put: Ces chapeaux... vont à nous" thinking that it had to contain the "aller à" form, and also that it'd be weird to end in the verb. But correct answer was "Ces chapeaux nous vont". Can you explain this one for me? Tx!

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