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Stevie C.C1Kwiziq community member

"Sarah didn't use to trust ..." is poor English. The correct form is "Sarah used not to trust ...".

Asked 8 years ago

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Naomi Diane H.A1Kwiziq community member

Use of finir in the first person

For the verb "finir", what is the difference between saying "j'ai fini" and "je fini"? Would the latter be used when you are referring to something specific later in the sentence?

Asked 3 years ago

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Rachel B.A1Kwiziq community member

Singular article with plural adjective + noun?

Hello,

I've run into a few sentences that use a singluar "de" before a plural adjective + noun. Like, "Elle a de grands meubles." Why is it de in this case and not "des"?

Asked 7 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 6 years ago

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Annie S.A2Kwiziq community member

Few/SeveralWhat English dialect is Kwiziq based on? My sociolect most definitely does not contain this silly "few is slightly less than several". Few is the opposite of many, it is not in a scale with several. Several means more than one, although usually 3 or more. I get that you are looking for a way to separate out the feel of scale in the French words, but it just doesn't work.

Asked 7 years ago

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N. M.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Vous vous réveilliez à 5 heures? Did you use to wake up at 5?Is "Vous vous réveilliez à 5 heures?" more conversational (given that it relies on inflection and punctuation) than "Vous reveilliez vous a 5 heures?" Is the latter still correct, if so, when would you use it rather than the former?

Asked 8 years ago

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James H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Note that l'un/l'une agrees in gender with the object it refers to.Tu veux fraise ou vanille? - Ni l'un ni l'autre. I note that both `fraise` and `vanilla` are feminine, therefore should the reply not be Ni l`une ni l`autre?

Asked 8 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire confiance

The quiz asked: How would you tell your friends to have faith? "____ confiance, mes amis!" Have faith, my friends.

I answered "Faites" but it wanted "Ayez". Nearly all lessons here that refer to "confiance" associate it with "faire" - not "avoir". There does not seem to be one specifically on "Have faith". What is the grammar rule here?

Asked 7 years ago

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Steve R.B1Kwiziq community member

why not ere with courir instead of avoir?

Alors, pourquoi utilise-on "avoir" au lieu de "être" avec courir, qui est un verb de mouvement?

Asked 4 years ago

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Amanda J.A2Kwiziq community member

The verb punir

I took a quiz that asked this question:

Les garçons ? Oui, elle les a ________ . The boys? Yes, she punished them.HINT: punir = to punish

I understand the lesson, the verb punir is to be conjugated to agree in number and gender with the direct object it's replacing. But the passe composé conjugation for punir is "puni," according to your conjugation page. (ex: je "puni" tu "puni" .... nous "puni" ... ils "puni.") So how is the correct answer "punis" ?