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Michael D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est que c'est la fonction de "ce que" ?Dans la phrase "Elle retiendra son souffle jusqu'à ce que tu acceptes," pourquoi on sert "ce que" ?

Asked 8 years ago

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S. B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Rien que d'y penser

Lots of interesting idioms in this exercise like - "rien que d'y penser" and "sans que j'y puisse quoi que ce soit".

I'm trying to break down "rien que d'y penser" into English. Rien que = nothing that or nothing but. De = I'm just starting to recognize that "de" often comes after "que" in certain phrases (Je dors plutot que de travailler). Y penser = to think about it.

I still don't see how sans que j'y puisse means I can't or I am not able. What does "y" refer to?

Asked 6 years ago

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Norman S.C1KwizIQ community member

Interpretation and update of improvement timeline1. How should I interpret the two graph lines and their associated values on the diagram? 2. Why does my timeline seem to be stuck at 4 February?

Asked 9 years ago

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Deborah K.B2KwizIQ community member

Passe compose for a reflexive verb.The answer to a question in the Kwiz was "Nous nous sommes brosse" (with an accent). Shouldn't that have been brosses (with an accent)?

Asked 8 years ago

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Fahad A.C1KwizIQ community member

How do you use « ne.. pas assez de » when talking about a specific thing?

for example,

« I didn’t eat enough of the cake » - meaning a specific cake, rather than general cake. In this case, is it allowed to say

« Je n’ai mangé pas assez du gateau »

Asked 7 years ago

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N. C.B2KwizIQ community member

If "mon premier amour" is correct, why wouldn't it be "le premier homme"?

Asked 9 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why does the following sentence require the use of the subjunctive, please?

Asked 10 years ago

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Susan S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Isn't la majorité usually followed by a plural verb?

Followed by a plural verb normally?

Asked 6 years ago

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Anne D.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

How about inverted questions ?

Sorry for a rather niche question, it may be a situation that doesn’t often arise, but I’m wondering where the COD and COI pronouns go in a sentence with subject-verb inversion? (I found a reference to y and en)

Asked 2 years ago

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Michael D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Dernière fois queUn quizz demande traduire "C'était la dernière fois que tu m'as dit que tu m'aimais." Il y a deux réponses: 1. ... last time you told me you loved me. 2. ... last time THAT you told me you loved me. To me, those 2 responses have the same meaning in English. The 'that' adds nothing, but neither is it incorrect. Specifically, neither answer disambiguates between "the last (most recent) time" and"the last (ever) time. The word 'that' in English is often just a filler and does not convey additional meaning. Je ne comprends bien encore.

Asked 8 years ago

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