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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

possèderait for conditional of posséder ?

Is this a spelling due to a language reform ? I am not seeing it here https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:French_spelling_reforms_of_1990

Both the conjugation tools for WordReference and Reverso only list posséderait as a spelling.

Thanks. Paul.

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Miriam R.A0Kwiziq community member

Hi , I just started learning French ,can you tell me if this is correct?

I think in informal conversations we say like -

Il est pas jeune

instead of the more formal and more 'grammatically correct' one:

Il n'est pas jeune!

Is it correct !? Responde Sil vous Plait!

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Tense shift

Can someone please clarify why the tenses jump from imperfect to present in the final sentence? Thanks!

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Ishana JeyaPrabahar T.Kwiziq community member

What is the present, past, future conjugation for ir, er, re verbs (+ avoir)

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Andrei V.A1Kwiziq community member

...for you"Ca vous fera donc 78E" To be translated as: "It will therefore be 78E FOR YOU" ("for you" is pretty important to be added there to help/stress with/on that SOV stuff) Isn't it?

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Andrei V.A1Kwiziq community member

par carte vs en carte

Imo, it should be "par carte", not "en carte". Isn't it?

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Susan S.A1Kwiziq community member

use of infinitive with conditional

explain the use of the infinitive with conditional. I don't understand.

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Eddy V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English equivalent of this flower

Hi, dear forum, I joined yesterday.. I am a French learner and lover of french things.

What is the equivalent of this flower in english?

Pervenche.

Quelqu'un le sait-il ?

Merci en avance!.

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Benedict O.A2Kwiziq community member

Ça nous change (qu’il y a une semaine)

Hello I have difficulty understanding this phrase from a podcast. Does it mean it changed a week ago?

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

plus qu'à cacher

I don't understand "Il ne me restait plus qu'à cacher les oeufs." What is the use of "qu' à"?

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