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Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why plural tomates but not des

Hello,

Please explain the following sentence: Je préfère une salade de tomates - why is the indefinite article not 'des' as we are stating tomates?

Thank you

Asked 5 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 6 years ago

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Emily M.A1Kwiziq community member

Difference between aller and aillent

What's the difference between le verbre aller et aillent? Is it the same verb, different tense? Or am I way off and it's just pronounced aillent?

Asked 4 years ago

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Adrienne B.B2Kwiziq community member

Is there still a problem with the use of "pour" in this lesson?

Asked 8 years ago

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Katy C.A1Kwiziq community member

Seem specific to me?I'm still having trouble with these two examples: C'est vraiment magnifique ici! It's really beautiful here! - ici seems to make it specific, is it not? Miam, c'est délicieux! Yummy, it's delicious! -this seems to fit the ambiguous cases example of the soup. We don't know if the speaker is talking about a certain food in general or something in front of them. That would make a difference, wouldn't it?

Asked 8 years ago

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Hugh O.C1Kwiziq community member

Idionatic use of 'would 'Presumably one could translate into English using 'would': Eg 'We would go and see our grandmother on Sunday' carries the same sense of a repeated action that the imperfect does.

Asked 7 years ago

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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Overuse of le futur antérieurI don't see any reason to strain for the futur antérieur when there is no change in subject. It sounds unnatural. Maybe I talk with the wrong French people.

Asked 7 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Hi. The sentence refers to the past, so why 'car il fait chaud', which is the present tense, and not the imperfect ' car il fasais chaud'?

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto

Helsinki.

Asked 5 years ago

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helen w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Isn't the second half of this sentence conditional? Here's the sentence that you wrote: Nous avions pris nos places en avance mais nous n'avons pas pu y aller au final." Stated translation was: "We had taken our seats in advance but we could not go in the end." Wouldn't we use the conditional for the second half of that sentence: "...nous ne pourions pas y aller au final."

Asked 7 years ago

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

It's easy to Conjugate - être in Plus -que-parfait

Hi, you say - être in Présent indicatif + [past participle] for Plus-que-Parfait

is it not L'imparfait of être + pas participle?

Merci d'avance

Dragana

Asked 6 years ago

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