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Umi O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

La voix passive with compound tenses vs simple tenses

Asked 8 years ago

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D. A.B1Kwiziq community member

Passé Composé

Question: What is the best way to say ''He waited for twenty minutes.''?

Correct Answer: Il a attendu pendant vingt minutes.

Wrong Answer: Il attendait pendant vingt minutes.

If the question was "He was waiting for twenty minutes.", would the correct answer then be "Il attendait pendant vingt minutes."?

Asked 8 years ago

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How much rarer is afin que? I always use it.

Asked 7 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of jouer and crier in Le Futur

The lesson states that the e in, for example, 'joueront' is not pronounced.

Please explain why this is so when the verb in the following sentence, taken from the lesson, the e is pronounced.:

Nous volerons dans une heure.

Asked 7 years ago

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PETER B.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is the last word passée instead of passé?

Asked 6 years ago

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Ulfat M.A2Kwiziq community member

here is the question:What does "Ils auront été heureux ensemble." mean?They will have been happy together.They would have been happy together.They will be happy together.They would be happy together.

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Suzanne D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

TOO, silent S - but which case are they talking about? And when I listen to the speaker, they say TOOS when there is a vowel. and 2)

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Temps vs heure

To translate the sentence " That time is not convenient for me", should one use le temps or l'heure to express the time ?Thanks for the help !

Asked 7 years ago

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Lynne C.C1Kwiziq community member

Why isn't "souffrir" conjugated?"Parce qu'on voit les gens souffrir"

Asked 8 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

passed tenseA recurring difficulty with the writing challenges is choosing between passé composé and l'imparfait (I wish there were more hints in the answers) B1 "week 49" "St Patrick's day" opens with "Last weekend, we were in Chicago to celebrate St Patrick's Day." 'nous étions' is the suggested answer. Why not 'nous avons été' ?

Asked 9 years ago

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