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Arash F.C1Kwiziq community member

Ne explétif Are there cases where "ne explétif " is used with "bien que"?

Asked 8 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

agreement of past participles of verbs that use être as auxillary verb in perfect past tense, e.g. aller; partir, etc.

Bonjour!

Verbs that use être as auxillary in the perfect past tense, must have agreement of the past participle with the subject pronoun, but what if a direct object pronoun were included in the sentence? Which of the two pronouns would a past participle agree with please? Subject pronoun or direct object pronoun? Please site an example or two with your answer if possible.

Regards, Cheryl

Asked 7 years ago

Aaron B.C1Kwiziq community member

Pour ceux qui visitent le Canada, ici, on dit « magasiner » au lieu de « faire du shopping » :)

Asked 7 years ago

Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Different meaning between the verbs, approcher and rapprocherThe dictionary meaning shows both of these verbs as meaning "to move closer together." Is it correct that approcher applies to moving closer between 2 physical locations, and rapprocher applies to personal relationships with other people, as is the case in this exercise?

Asked 4 years ago

Will s.A2Kwiziq community member

Why would I use a stress pronoun?I can see on the lesson about plural stress pronouns that this would be for simple sentences or one word responses. But are there other situations?

Asked 7 years ago

Jeff H.C1Kwiziq community member

Passé composé + avant que : Why subjonctif? It seems very factual (vs doubt)As I see more examples with the subjunctive, I’ve been trying to get the feel for the sense of the usage rather than relying on memorizing the patterns. One example though eludes me as to where the sense of doubt is coming from. In particular, the use of passé composé seems to remove the uncertainty. This statement seems rather factual vs the other examples in the exercise.
Tu es arrivé avant que je n'aie fini mes devoirs.You arrived before I finished my homework
Is there a way of interpreting this to get the sense of the subjunctive mood?

Asked 3 years ago

Sandra B.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is this the correct answer? ‘Les peintures moderns lui plaisent.Why is there not

Asked 7 years ago

Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

Why is en used be

Asked 8 years ago

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

To go camping. In the writing challenge: "Camping in the woods":
The phrase "It was the first time she'd gone camping on her own,"is translated as any of:
1. "C'était la première fois qu'elle allait camper seule, "
2. "C'était la première fois qu'elle allait camper toute seule,"3. "C'était la première fois qu'elle allait faire du camping seule, "4. "C'était la première fois qu'elle allait faire du camping toute seule"Questions:
1. According to Kwiziq's "Vocabulaire - Le camping", "faire du camping" means "go camping" so using it with "aller" seems superfluous if not actually incorrect. Shouldn't translations 3 and 4 be more like "...faisait du camping..."?2. To translate "she'd gone camping" (i.e. "she had gone camping") differently from "she went camping" shouldn't the translation use the Plus-que-parfait - not the Imparfait? Why do all of the translations use the Imparfait?3. Why is "toute" used in translations 2 and 4? As I understand it "toute" is used for emphasis here but if the English phrase had wanted emphasis it could have used something like "all on her own" or "on her very own".

Asked 6 years ago

Ryan W.A0Kwiziq community member

If Je becomes j' with verbs beginning with a vowel..

Then how come an example is ‘J’habite à Londres?’

Asked 6 years ago

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