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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is the people in a city considered female?From the C1 week 62 writing challenge, talking about a heat wave: "á Paris par exemple, elles ont atteint les 29°C vers 4h du matin". No particular group of people were mentioned in previous sentences, so why "elles"? Are the inhabitants of Paris (or perhaps of cities in general) as a group considered female?

Asked 8 years ago

Ann C.C1Kwiziq community member

Isn't there only one subject in this example? "Il ne peut pas s'en souvenir, bien qu'il le relise tous les soirs !"

Asked 7 years ago

Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

pronunciation of FOIS and MOIS

In this lesson, these two words sounded like 'Foy" and 'Moy" (like the english word 'toy'). A subsequent lesson on adjectives that change meaning according to position had the speaker (a male) pronounce them like' Mwa' and ' Fwa'. ( Google translate and Forvo used the latter pronunciation too) . Could some one please shed light on this?

Asked 6 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

weekend writing challenge: question about past participle agreementBonjour!, Why didn't the correct answer have an extra "e" on the past participle in the following sentence please, when there is a direct pronoun "me" before the auxillary verb: "mon mari m’avait acheté une belle édition de la pièce d’Oscar Wilde “Salomé”, (mon mari m'avait achetée...?) (assumed that the writer is a woman as she speaks of her husband, & in fact we're later told that the writer is a woman). Cheryl

Asked 8 years ago

Maria Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Hi! Why in the phrase "ça t' est égal" the -t in est is not pronounced?

Asked 6 years ago

m. b.A2Kwiziq community member

what happened to the microquizzes? I found them really helpful before. thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

David C.C1Kwiziq community member

Does la pièce really mean each? How do you use it?

Asked 6 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How would you say who smells chocolate?

Asked 7 years ago

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ce que j'apprécie le plus chez toi, c'est ton honnêteté = C'est ton honnêteté que j'apprécie le plus chez toi ?

Asked 5 years ago

Kenadee M.Kwiziq community member

what is 9:20 PM in French

what is 9:20 PM in French

Asked 4 years ago

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