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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne serait-ce que

Why utilize inversion in the final sentence, "ne serait-ce que pour les garder en vie"?

Asked 6 years ago

mercy c.A0Kwiziq community member

How would I say "I like being with them"

Asked 9 years ago

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

D. A.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Une glace à la vanille or la glace à la vanille is correct.ps clarify

Asked 7 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Kinds of "en"In a quiz for another topic we were supposed to make imperative of "Tu n'en parles pas" and it was incorrect to write "Ne parles-en pas !" like in this topic. Are these two kinds of "en"? How does one tell the difference?

Asked 9 years ago

M. M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I thought we weren't supposed to use ma, mon, mes for one's own body parts in French? Wasn't there a lesson on that?

Asked 6 years ago

Dina K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Difference b/n "s'attendre a ce que" and "attendre que"

Hi All,

I dont quite understand the necessity of complicating life by using "a ce que" when we can simply use "que" with no losses in meaning. Is there really a difference?

Merci

Asked 5 years ago

helen d.C1Kwiziq community member

subjunctive v indicative

hi

can someone please explain why " je suis desolée que tu es triste" is in indicative but

"je suis desolée que ton roman n'aie pas été publié en france "is in the subjunctive

i assume it is to do with negativity but the je suis desoléé hasn't changed

thanks

Asked 5 years ago

Marilyn C.C1Kwiziq community member

What is the affect of the circumblex on pronunciation? Why is it needed?

Asked 8 years ago

William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Present or Past TenseWhy are there different tenses? Past tense in English but present tense in French.

Asked 8 years ago

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