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Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

Piscine vs. bain vs. bassin

Quand est-ce qu'on utilise 'bain' ou 'bassin', au lieu de 'piscine'? Il semble que 'piscine' n'est pas correct dans certains cas. Pourriez-vous m'expliquer ça, s'il vous plaît?

Merci.

Asked 5 years ago

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John W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

John W

Asked 7 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Examples showing agreement without an object pronoun.

In the Weekend Challenge: 'My plan for the day of the exam' one of the translations required is 'that I'll have chosen the day before'.

The answes given are:

'que j'aurai choisiS la veille' OR 'que j'aurai sélectionnéS la veille'

There is no object pronoun in either of these answers, so why are the past participles 'choisi' and 'sélectionné' writen with an S added for agreement?

Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Meaning of :"la voilà à présent": from C1 writing challenge week 34?Searched through the lessons related to this writing challenge, but did not find an explanation for this French: "la voilà à présent", translation of: "But now she's (lending her voice to the new princess Vaiana)". I haven't seen this French phrase before: "la voilà à présent", and I would appreciate reading about it please? C1 writing challenge's Correct answers: Mais la voilà à présent qui prête sa voix à la nouvelle princesse Vaiana or Mais la voilà maintenant, prêtant sa voix à la nouvelle princesse Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

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Fenneke F.A2Kwiziq community member

Is on used more than nous

Asked 9 years ago

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Dzoan L.B1Kwiziq community member

DVDsThe dvds are the plural of DVD, right? And the way you say DVDs is D.V.D.S?

Asked 8 years ago

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Lisa K.A2Kwiziq community member

In your example of the tu form of appeler, is that correct?

j'appelle

tu appelles Shouldn't this be (t'appelles)? If not, why?

il/elle/on appelle

nous appelons

vous appelez

ils/elles appellent

Asked 7 years ago

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fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is 'desservir' to clear and to service at the same time?

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Après avoir fait = After doing (simple expression)Can you please explain what "simple expression" means in this context?

Asked 7 years ago

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Joanne H.B2Kwiziq community member

de retard vs. du retard

Although this was an exercise about using "devoir", I didn't understand how it expressed "to be late," which was son train a eu du retard Shouldn't it be "de retard" not "du retard?"

Asked 6 years ago

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