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D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

Oops: the question is “Je suis contente. Non, je ne suis pas du tout contente.”

I wrote “Non, je ne suis pas contente du tout” and this answer was accepted as nearly correct. Why, what is the difference? I thought the two expressions are interchangeable.

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Asked 7 years ago

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D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

Vrai(e) before/after noun

Why does "la vraie cuisine française" mean "real French cuisine"? Doesn't "vrai" mean "real/true" when it comes after the noun and "quite a/elaborate/interesting" when it comes after the noun?

Asked 5 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Le Subjonctif with sentences using “Superlatives”

Bonjour Madame Cécile!

This is a sentence from a lesson explaining the use of “le meilleur” ->

C'est la meilleure idée que tu aies jamais eue!
It's the best idea you've ever had!

Here, why has the verb ‘avoir’ been placed in Le Subjonctif ?

Is this because of the key word -> que ?

I request you to provide a few more examples as it’s the first time I have come across this case.

Merci beaucoup!

Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!

Asked 6 years ago

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Livie O.B1Kwiziq community member

In the phrase, "j'arrive à manger du riz", how does one rephrase it using the indirect object pronoun method. Since lui, leur refer to people.

Asked 7 years ago

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Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

The difference between the second two variants ...Is the difference that, in number 1 ‘Qu’est-ce que c’est’ I would just point, whereas the ‘que’ is added if I refer to the object by name?

Asked 8 years ago

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Katrina H.A2Kwiziq community member

Vous me ré pelez de sortir la poubelle is in the present. In English remind is only used in the past or future. For example remind me to take out thebin or you reminded me to take out the bin. There is no present tense. How does this work in french?

Asked 7 years ago

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Nelly L.Kwiziq community member

Why do French people do not use le, la or les in front of Monaco and Madagascar

Asked 5 years ago

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Stephanie S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dans la maison

In the exercise I am doing, I translated "we would have gone to her house" as "nous serions allés à sa maison", but the correct answer was "nous serions allés dans sa maison". Is there a difference in French between going to the location of someone's home and actually going inside, or are they both "dans"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quelqu'un peut-il m'aider...?

"Can anybody help me?" I'm curious about why this inversion needs "il" after "peut"? Is the non-inverted question form: Est-ce que quelqu'un peut m'aider?

Asked 5 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why does the plural 'our heads' translate as the singular 'la tête' ?

In the example below, taken from the lesson, could you please explain why la tête is in the singular when translating 'our heads' which is in the plural.

Nous nous grattons la tête ... We're scratching our heads

Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

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