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Susan N.A2KwizIQ community member

Why are the expressions repeated?Example: "Ça m'est égal.Cela m'est égal."

Asked 9 years ago

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Lorie R.C1KwizIQ community member

Present versus future tense

I'm noticing that most verb tenses in this passage are in the present tense. I'm wondering if there's a general rule about when to use the present versus the future tense in this kind of historical account. I see one sentence that says "Plus tard, elle aura son diplome en sciences physiques..." Given that the sentence starts with "plus tard," it makes sense to me that the following verb is in the future tense, but later in the passage I'm seeing "Plus tard, en 1911, Marie recoit le Prix Nobel..." In this case "plus tard" is followed by the present tense. I'm wondering if the choice of tense is stylistic or if there is a subtle difference in meaning or how does one decide which tense is appropriate? Thanks in advance for your help!

Asked 6 years ago

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William S.B1KwizIQ community member

The first video at 2:52 says the least is "le plus...." but should this not be "le moins...."?

Asked 9 years ago

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Barbara D.C1KwizIQ community member

Une phrase avec "Si/if" ... l'imparfait/le conditionnel Stephane ...(allait) rater son rendez-vous s'il ne se dépêchait pas. Est-ce qu'on peut dire plus correctement -Stephane raterait son rendez-vous s'il ne se dépêchait pas? Est-ce que j'ai raison? Expliquez -le-moi, s'il vous plaît.

Asked 8 years ago

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Will s.A2KwizIQ community member

Some additional resources?I'm really struggling with bringing all the preposition rules together for cities, regions, states, countries. Just as I slowly think i am cracking it with à, de (to/from cities), au, du (to/from m countries) and en/de - I then hit the stumbling block with regions and states as on the lesson here I read it also applies to countries. I have searched for YouTube videos to explain but it seems hard to find one where someone goes over all the different variables. Can anyone suggest a good single point of reference?