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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
to love- aimer vs adorer

i was taught aimer to love a person /like a thing

adorer to love a thing

is this no longer considered correct?

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Près de 300 vs. presque 300"Around Strasbourg's majestic cathedral, close to 300 decorated chalets sell..."  In regard to "close to" why is 'presque' not a possibility?  Thanks, in advance.
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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
First sentence audio

Vais sounds an awful lot like veut to me.

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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member
depuis le pont Saint-Martin -

On peut aussi dire "du pont Saint-Martin"?  Quand est-ce qu'on utilise "depuis" (from)? Ce sont des synonymes?

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Sid S.C1Kwiziq community member
Leur vs LeursJ'écrirai à mes cousines. Je leur écrirai bientôt.I

As "cousines" is plural, is there a reason for saying leur instead of leurs? 

Perhaps I have misunderstood the rule.

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
'En quoi tu t'es inscrite ?'

I understand that the preposition here has to be en but I can't really get to the bottom of why. Chris has said in this discussion that the form is 's'inscrire en qqch...' but I don't really see this supported by dictionaries where à and dans seem more commonly cited. Is it that the preposition comes before the word quoi ?

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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

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TALK T.C1Kwiziq community member
Bonne lecture, mais....

"Halloween" est une fete americaine (meme si certains commencent a` l'adopter dans des endroits comme Paris ou` bcp d'americains vivent.  Ca serait interessant de citer les fetes traditionnelles d'automne en France/ses regions ou les fetes dans des pays francophones, n'est-ce pas?  Merci.

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Olivia D.Kwiziq community member
Using the verb aller in the correct formAjourd'hui, moi je ____au cafe pour etudier. 


Et toi, saliva tu___a la biblioteque, nest-ce pas?


Ce soir, nous___ au cinema pour regarded un documentaries. 


Annette et ses amis___au gymnastics pour s'etrainer.


Moi et mon frere, nous____a la maisonette pour diner avec nose parents.


Ou est-ce que vous___ce soir? 


Est-ce que tu aimes___au centre commercial pour faire du shopping?


Hassan et son frere_____a la Mason de leur grand-mere pour fever son anniversiaire.

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Dan A.C1Kwiziq community member
Pronunciation of "ben"

Admittedly, I'm more used to Québécois French, but the recording contains what has to be one of the oddest pronunciations of "ben" I have heard. I expect it to rhyme with "hein" or "en", but I swear the recording is closer to "bamme" than anything else. 

Am I missing something, or has my ear glitched? Please let me know. 

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