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Dina K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

To or from?

Sorry, the previous one jumped out without me knowing...

As I can understand, lui/leur is more when we are addressing an action towards someone, right? je lui parle, je leur demande, etc. in the test the question was about "voler" FROM sbody. So is it an exceptional case, or is it both "to" and "from" direction? Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

expressions with tout/tousTous les deux translates as "both" (all the two), and tous les nous as "all of us". Toute & toutes are the feminine forms of tout/tous, so if the nous are all females, should we say: toutes les nous? Cheryl

Asked 8 years ago

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Valerie O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est qui qui

"C'est qui qui" is not grammatically correct but used as an example (see above). If listed as a multiple choice option on a quiz, will it be marked wrong if chosen (because it's grammatically incorrect). Just curious.

Asked 5 years ago

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J. T.C1Kwiziq community member

Does this indicate failure?In English, when we say “I was going to...”, it implies that we intended to do something but didn’t. Is the same true in French? Or, for example, could I say « J’allais ouvrir la fenêtre quand j’ai entendu un crie horrible. Je suis sorti par la fenêtre tout suite ! »

Asked 7 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Doubt in sentence structure

Bonjour Madame,

In the sentence 'Paul et Hélène sont mes amis.'

The question for this would be-

1.Qui est tes amis?

2.Qui sont tes amis?

Pls guide which one of the following is correct and what is the rule behind it ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Robert F.C1Kwiziq community member

Countries and regions

So Mexique, Cambodge, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Belize are masculine although they end in -e; Qubec, Texas and New Mexico are countries but California is not. It's le Merseyside but not le Bordeaux. Turkey is outside Europe (not entirely I think) and a turkey is from India. You really couldn't make up something more ridiculous than this if you tried.

I felt I was making good progress with this course but now I am bogged down with endless questions about places that don't interest me and loosing the will to live. I accept that fluent french speakers may need this but I can barely conjugate faire yet, surely this content should be moved to C1?

I am going to write myself out a big crib sheet and cheat - hopefully I can convince the quizzbot I know this stuff so I can move on to something more useful.

Asked 6 years ago

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Gary B.A2Kwiziq community member

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Asked 9 years ago

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Katie S.A1Kwiziq community member

Sometimes the "t" of "est" is pronounced and sometimes it isn't. Can we choose whether to liaise or not when using this phrase?

Asked 7 years ago

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Sam F.C1Kwiziq community member

Cette pomme est bonne. - Oui, c'est ________."

In this question you have used ‘c’est’ - however it is not a general question. It is specific to ‘this’ apple. Please explain why it wasn’t ‘elle’. Thankyou

Asked 6 years ago

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stephen b.C1Kwiziq community member

I understood that the second and third consecutive verbs were in the infinitive

Asked 7 years ago

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