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Joakim asked : why one says "tiers monde" rather than "troisième monde" ?

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Einar V.C1Kwiziq community member

Which version, i or y, is thought to be more elegant, more educated?

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D. K.A2Kwiziq community member

Tu aimes la couleur violette ? Oui, ________ est très joli!This is a test question. I wrote "elle" and the valid answer is c' . OK, I get it, "joli" is masculine so elle is not appropriate, but shouldn't it be possible to say "oui, elle est très jolie"?

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Susan C.C1Kwiziq community member

numbers

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tout le monde est nouveau? Why not nouvelI seem to vaguely remember that there are two ways of talking about new, depending on how new the object is. Here I used nouvel but the correct answer was nouvel? Can anyone enlighten me?

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Louise H.C1Kwiziq community member

I wrote serons because "on" referred to

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Matthew T.A1Kwiziq community member

synonymous or separate?The lesson states that using the pronoun "on" is equivalent to using the pronoun "nous" to indicate "we", but when appearing in a quiz it says that using "nous" is incorrect and "on" is correct. If there is a significant difference in usage, then it should be explained in the lesson, as it fails to do so. If it states that they are synonymous and exchangeable in use, then correction needs to be to that effect. I can't learn how to use them for what they mean when in dictation they are one thing but are another thing entirely when put into practice.

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why subjunctive?The subjunctive tens is associated with fear/doubt/uncertainty. So why is it used with "aimer que" ?

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Denis B.A1Kwiziq community member

Why is C'est Quoi correct?I am getting very confused as to which form of "what" I should be using. Please explain.

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Nick P.B2Kwiziq community member

Il ne mange qu'une moitié du biscuit. He only eats one half of the biscuit.Does this not also means 'he eats only one half of the biscuit'? Or if not, how do you differentiate between these two meanings? Thanks

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