I have recently come across le poêle (as one of the words for) - stove; la poêle - frying pan/skillet. Fairly common kitchen terms, so may be worth adding to the list?

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il est/c'est

In the writing challenge "The benefits of music" these sentences appear:

"Que ce soit le jazz, le rock ou la variété, il est indéniable que la musique fait partie intégrante de nos vies. Mais que nous apporte-t-elle qui nous soit si indispensable ? C'est bien connu : la musique adoucit les mœurs."

Why is "il est" applicable in the first bold phrase but "c'est" in the second? It appears to me that both are making general statements (about la musique) and both follow est by an adjectival phrase - not a noun, so I would think that case 2a applies in the A1 lessonn "C'est vs il/elle est: Saying it is".

Perhaps that rule is inappropriate here since "la musique" is not a "pre-mentioned thing" but what are the rules being followed here?

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Andrea H.C1Kwiziq community member

faire du waterpolo?

I was marked wrong for "jouer au waterpolo". The correct answer was revealed to be "faire du waterpolo". Can you explain why waterpolo takes "faire de"? I consider it a team sport, it uses balls, all hallmarks for me to use jouer à.

Merci !

Asked 6 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Sans rien

Sans rien - “without nothing“. In English this would be a double negative and would therefore theoretically mean “with something”. But in French would we always say “sans rien” or could we also say “avec rien”?

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Gareth J.C1Kwiziq community member

Mais c’est impossible ! Si, c’est possible : je suis un vampireBonjour, Is “si” used because “impossible” is the negative of “possible”? The grammar lesson for using “si” only has examples using the “ne ...” construction. Would this be the case for other similar words with a direct negative opposite?

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Mary K.C1Kwiziq community member

What is the difference between “la nuit passée” and “la nuit dernière”?

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James M.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement of past participle with "on" in compound past tense Il m'a emmené dans un bar branché du centre-ville, où on est restés jusqu'à deux heures du matin ! Why is "restes" plural when is singular even though it means "we"?