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Xara K.A0Kwiziq community member

fait ou fais

why is it fais instead of fait

Asked 2 years ago

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can you please give more explanation and examples of how the reflexive participle agrees in number and gender?For example: Nous nous sommes brosse(s) les dents/les cheveux

Asked 7 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

minuit and et demie / et quart / moins le quart

The lesson says that one uses et demie / et quart / moins le quart in 1-12 o'clock. But how about minuit? Can I say "Il est minuit et demie / et quart / moins le quart" ?

Merci d'advance

Asked 5 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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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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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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Rob Y.B1Kwiziq community member

Asking a question in FrenchWouldn't "Allez-vous au cinéma ce soir" without a question mark be a statement i.e. Go to the cinema tonight?

Asked 7 years ago

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Yaman H.A0Kwiziq community member

I have just signed up to learn French from scratch, but...

After taking the initial test, naturally, my level is entry level. However, the suggested lessons consist of things I have no idea about. I don't even know the French pronouns to begin with! How is it suggesting things like using La, Le, etc.

I'm not very encouraged to upgrade the plan if that's the case.

Would you mind clarifying this issue?

Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

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Megan H.C1Kwiziq community member

j'ai cru que je n'y arriverais jamais

Regarding the phrase 'j'ai cru que je n'y arriverais jamais', I was thinking that 'j'ai cru' might need to be followed by the subjunctive, as the part after j'ai cru is negative. Does the subjunctive rule only apply if it is je n'ai pas cru perhaps?

Thanks

Megan

Asked 5 years ago

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susan t.A0Kwiziq community member

hi..how do we identify the places gender?

Asked 9 years ago

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