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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Devenir + Past ParticipleIs it possible to use devenir with the past participle in addition to avoir and etre. des étudiants deviendront désillusionné

Asked 8 years ago

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Peace L.A0Kwiziq community member

Tu fais quoi? and vous faites quoi?

Is it fine to use these forms to ask "what are you making?" or is there a more appropriate way to ask/better verb to use?

Asked 5 years ago

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Oluwadarasimi T.Kwiziq community member

why is it that it is une maison and not un maison

Asked 4 years ago

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Shraddha J.A0Kwiziq community member

Why- Quel âge as-tu? Or Quel âge tu-as? And not Quel as-tu âge? How to decide??

Thanks for helping

Asked 5 years ago

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Matthew C.C1Kwiziq community member

Translating part of the name of a street?I’m very confused by this. It would seem very odd to me to if, when talking in English about a street in France, someone would translate “J’habite rue Pasteur.” to “I live on Pasteur Street.” or “I live on Pasteur Road.”. I would expect that they would either leave “rue Pasteur” as it is and say “I live on rue Pasteur.” or, perhaps more likely, captalize the “rue” and say “I live on Rue Pasteur.”. Similarly, I would not expect someone who lived in, say, London, when speaking French, to say something like “J’habite rue Baker.”, I’d expect something more like “J’habite Baker Street.”. In all cases, I’d expect the full name of the street (“rue Pasteur”, “Baker Street”, etc.) to be preserved in translation. I am often shocked at how much people are willing to mangle names of all kinds when using a language different to that from which the name originated, though Kwiziq usually manages to avoid doing so. A quick look at the French and English Wikipedia articles for some notable streets seems to back up my initial thoughts. I was wondering whether to report this as an issue, but I am not quite confident enough to say that Kwiziq is definitely wrong here.

Asked 9 years ago

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Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Does one ever use "Deux et deux font quatre" or "Deux et deux égal/égale quatre"?I'm just wondering if "et" is used rather than "plus", or if that's an outmoded thing (or if the book I have is totally wrong...).

Asked 8 years ago

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Peter W.A1Kwiziq community member

marron has no feminine form nor plural form ?

Asked 8 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Après avoir / après d'avoirAfter watching the film: Après d'avoir regardé ce film- was marked correct. Why it can't be said as: "Après avoir regardé ce film. Is it because 'watching' is considered a gerund ? Thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

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chiara b.C1Kwiziq community member

Vous êtes entré OR vous êtes entrés?

Shouldn't it be vous êtes entrés?

Asked 10 years ago

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Katie P.A2Kwiziq community member

Used to or was doing something...

Asked 8 years ago

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