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Stewart H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Could you also say "Nous sommes passés la poste." (without the preposition 'devant'.

Asked 8 years ago

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kristin g.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is the "s" pronounced? "Je m'étais trompé de date cette FOIS-LÀ." ...Why is the "s" in "fois-la" pronounced?

Asked 8 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 8 years ago

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Terri R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Votre comportement __________ toute l'enquête.I wrote "Votre comportement avez compromis" and it was marked wrong, the correct answer given was "a compromis". Why is the answer 2nd person singular when the subject is 2nd person plural? What am I forgetting?

Asked 8 years ago

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AurélieKwizIQ Head of French, Native French Teacher

Merle asked: "Can you explain the construction of this sentence to me : 'je les ai voulues' ?"

Asked 9 years ago

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Maluchukwu N.C1KwizIQ community member

si ce n'est un peu maladroit

This is a contribution to help others who might find this confusing:

In French, there are certain sentence constructions or even verbs that could be made negative with just the addition of "ne". The addition of "pas" and the likes isn't necessary. This concept is called "Ne littéraire".

Clauses containing "si" are one of those instances where the Ne littéraire could be used.

For further study of the concept, check: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/ne-litteraire/

Asked 6 years ago

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Max K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Overuse of le futur antérieurI don't see any reason to strain for the futur antérieur when there is no change in subject. It sounds unnatural. Maybe I talk with the wrong French people.

Asked 8 years ago

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S. H.C1KwizIQ community member

Bonsoir. In the lesson samples, "Je la lui donne" is translated as "I give it to him/her." However, in the mini quiz, I chose both "She shows it tohim" and "She shows it to her" as possible taranslations for "Elle la lui montre" and this was scored as "nearly correct." Why is that?

Asked 8 years ago

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eric d.C1KwizIQ community member

Shouldn't appeller be in the future tense?Surely "I'll call you before leaving." requires appeller to be in the future tense as the sentence means, "I will call you before leaving". I hope you can help, thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Vous_____ arraignéesI used craignez des araignées while also aware of possibility of vous avez peur des araignées, and was marked wrong. Shouldn't either be correct?

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