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Carolyn B.B1Kwiziq community member

In the example above ‘Il trouvé que c’est une belle maison’, shouldn’t the translation be ‘He thinks it is a beautiful house’

Asked 7 years ago

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nan b.Kwiziq community member

You said that "French has no present continuous tense" so what about "être en train de"?

Asked 8 years ago

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S. L.C1Kwiziq community member

When is it "egale" and when is it "egal"? When the items being counted are feminine? What about just numbers?

Asked 7 years ago

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Brian H.C1Kwiziq community member

I have no wish to learn the past historic, how can I remove this from my study plan?

Asked 9 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

tous les samedis vs le samediBonjour,

I met this sentence: Tu y vas samedi? - J'y vais tous les samedis.

Could it also be: J'y vais le samedi?

Merci d'avance

Asked 3 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"C'est un Anglais". Is it correct to use capital 'a' in this sentence?

Asked 7 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So is this test question response: "Malgré la fumée, il commença à mieux respirer." a time when we should use passé simple when saying something?

Asked 7 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is avoir à a possible alternative to devoir?Can avoir à ever be used instead of devoir? For example j'ai à vous remercier instead of je dois vous remercier.

Asked 7 years ago

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Hugh O.C1Kwiziq community member

Idionatic use of 'would 'Presumably one could translate into English using 'would': Eg 'We would go and see our grandmother on Sunday' carries the same sense of a repeated action that the imperfect does.

Asked 7 years ago

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

non or pas

When does one use 'non' and when does one use "pas" to mean not, for example, in the sentence " Not only do I hate walnuts, but I also hate peanuts".

Asked 8 years ago

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