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Kelle S.A1KwizIQ community member

Asked 8 years ago

Valentin P.B2KwizIQ community member

sûrement, probably or certainly

in the exercise there's a word used "sûrement" as "probably",

however here it says it means "certainly":

http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/SUREMENT/fr-fr/

and here seems to be meaning both:

https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/s%C3%BBrement?utm_source=reversoweb&utm_medium=contextresults&utm_campaign=resultpage

Asked 6 years ago

adrienne h.C1KwizIQ community member

ville vs village

Somehow, I always translate "city" to "ville" and "town" to village. Help me to think about this differently, if you can!

Asked 3 years ago

Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Please explain the use of hors-d'ouvres vs amuse-gules or entrée

Asked 6 years ago

Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

en libérant vs par libérer

To translate "Coco Chanel became very popular 'by freeing' women from the corset", they used en libérant while I used par libérer because I thought en libérant would mean "while liberating" vs the "by liberating" they asked for. Am I wrong? Thats what I thought I understood from other examples in the past.

Asked 7 years ago

Judy G.C1KwizIQ community member

Preposition dans or à la campagne

À or Dans le campagne when do you use à la campagne, when do you say dans la campagne?

Asked 3 years ago

Mia M.A1KwizIQ community member

What is the difference between the two? I tried to use donc il pose des questions but the answer was alors.

Asked 5 years ago

PETER B.B2KwizIQ community member

Why is the last word passée instead of passé?

Asked 7 years ago

Peter B.C1KwizIQ community member

Use of the cedillaWith Vivre: I see --------- Ils ont vécu With décevoir I see -------- nous avons déçu I wonder why the cedilla with one but not the other

Asked 8 years ago

Jonathon G.A2KwizIQ community member

I was taking a test and I still don't understand when to use on vs. nous. They seem to be interchangeable. Can you give more examples?The test was one of those translate in the blank ones - Weekend in Lyon. It kept on using on when it seemed to me that nous would have been just as appropriate. Why use one over the other?

Asked 8 years ago

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