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a. v.C1Kwiziq community member

how to translate "must have" using "devoir"

Which will be the better translation into French for the phrase "together with the coca, it must have made people feel good"?

(1) "avec la coca, ça les gens devait se sentir bien"; or

(2) "avec la coca, ça a dû faire que les gens se sentir bien"

Asked 7 years ago

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Pauline B.B1Kwiziq community member

Is there any reason or sense behind the rule "Note that for all verbs ending in -ER (including aller), the -s is dropped at the end of the tu form."

Asked 7 years ago

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Merrilyn M.C1Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi le mot enceinte? Ce mot dit "pregnant " en English.

Asked 6 years ago

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Gabriela E.B1Kwiziq community member

La phrase “je ne suis pas sûre que’‘elle se soient excusées » utilise le subjonctif car elle est négative?

si c’etait « Je suis sûre que... » faudrait-il l’indicatif?

même question avec la formule « je ne crois pas que... »

Asked 7 years ago

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Chris W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

It's about le Futur and le Futur antérieur.The English sentence is: "Marie will meet up with us when we leave the restaurant." In the answer you use le Futur antérieur: "...quand nous aurons quitté..." In English, this would, to me, rather be "...after having left...". Since here it is "...when leaving..." a more simulaneous connection is implied. Would it, hence, be ok to translate it as: 'Marie nous rejoindra quand nos quitterons le restaurant." Thanks, -- Chris.

Asked 9 years ago

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amanda h.A0Kwiziq community member

hahaits impossible to get a silver shield im supposed to be advanced!

Asked 8 years ago

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abderrahmane h.A0Kwiziq community member

always "un" and "une" became "de" in the négative form??

Asked 9 years ago

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Kamala S.A1Kwiziq community member

Est-ce qu'on peut voir les films sur Netflix ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Ils sucent encore leur pouce?

why the singular pouce here and not the plural pouces, as they each have a thumb/pouce and not a mutual thumb, which they all would be sucking?

Pekka from Helsinki

Asked 7 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Late or early in FrenchWhat is used most often in French, the “être” expression or the “avoir” expression? The “avoir” expression sounds like an intangible expression of quantity, j’ai deux bouteilles de lait mais j’ai deux heures de retard ou deux heures d’avance.

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