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Walter B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

down the stairs to the basement?

If instead of just going down to the basement to fetch a bottle of wine, she went down THE STAIRS to the basement to fetch the bottle, would you conjugate descendre with etre or avoir?

Walter B.

Asked 7 years ago

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Robert S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Rentrée is féminin, n’est-ce pas?In the answer provided as correct “Je faisais le lit quand tu es rentrée.” Is there not an assumption the “tu” is referring to someone female?

Asked 8 years ago

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Dorothy M.C1KwizIQ community member

L’imparfait ou plus-que-parfait for this Level C1 questionFor the question, “Je ne voulais pas écouter ________ . I didn't want to listen for fear that you'd be lying”. “De peur que tu ne mentes” is given as the correct answer. Why not de peur que tu n’aies menti?

Asked 8 years ago

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Gio P.A2KwizIQ community member

Hi, I have a question about this sentence "Ma mère me berçait dans ses bras jusqu'à ce que je m'endorme." would it not be "...que je me suis endormé" as it is in the past?

Asked 8 years ago

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Bill A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Various verb tenses

Hello, i'm probably getting ahead of myself (only been studying French for 2 months) but wanted to see if anyone would be willing to let me know if I'm correct or not on below conjugations.

I ate = j'ai mangé

I was eating / used to eat = je mangaisI should eat = je devrais mangerI will eat = je mangeraiI should not eat = je ne devrais pas mangerI will have eaten = j'aurai mangéI will not have eaten yet = je n'aurai pas mangé encoreI had eaten = j'avais mangéI had not eaten yet = je n'avais mangé encoreI have to eat = je doit mangerI can't eat right now = je ne peux pas manger maintenant/tout de suite?I should have eaten = j'aurais pas dû mangerIt seems in general that "should" future uses conditional present and "should" future uses conditional past.I apologize in advance if this is too much for a single post :(

Asked 7 years ago

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John B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In my last post, I was concerned about the use of t’ before a. Should it not be s’?

Asked 8 years ago

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Diane D.C1KwizIQ community member

Why do you use "le goûter" instead of "la goûter" since the object refers back to "tarte aux fruits" which is feminine?

Asked 7 years ago

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