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Karen G.C1Kwiziq community member

Translation of Oh! J'ai regardé ça aussi hier.

Two of the three options for this were "Oh! I watched this one yesterday too" and "Oh! I watched it yesterday too." I selected the first option, because "ça" is a demonstrative pronoun, not a personal pronoun. But the microquiz said that "I watched IT" was the correct selection. I was happier when I went to an explanation, because there, the translation was "I watched THAT." Should "ça" ever be translated as "it"? I'm sure this is nitpicky, but I'm a linguist fluent in Spanish, and the details matter to me!

Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Sorry for the typo in the above

Again, One of your examples under the heading -

la moitié de [quelque chose] = half -the- [something]

was “Il ne mange qu'une moitié du biscuit.”

Can you clarify, then, why response “Tu as bu une moitié de la bouteille.” was marked incorrect and the suggested correct response was “la moitié de” ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Bonnie Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

English in wrong tense in this example

Il ne t'a pas appelé de peur que tu ne luiraccroches au nez.
He didn't call you for fear that you may hung up on him.

should be might hang up...

Asked 7 years ago

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Peter H.C1Kwiziq community member

'Dans tous les cas' - is 'en tout cas' acceptable instead?

Asked 7 years ago

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roxana g.A1Kwiziq community member

Les rivières pourpres

how can we watch the film?

Asked 5 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Refering to ideas with en/y/leAs far as I understand, when refering to a phrase without repeating it, one uses "en" if it begins with "de", "y" if it begins with "à" and le/la/les otherwise. This rule failed me on the latest B1 writing challenge: "One day, I'm sure [of it]," -> "Un jour, je le/y/en suis certain," (I haven't even seen the phrase that le/y/en refers to yet, so how can I chose?). "the dead will come back to life" -> "les morts reviendront à vie". Ok, now we know what to be sure of: "Un jour, les morts reviendront à vie". That doesn't start with either à or de, so I guessed that "le" was the word to use in the first sentence, but the answer says "en", and I'm confused.

Asked 9 years ago

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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

We can also say

une tasse à café.

A cup for coffee?

Asked 8 years ago

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Nabeel D.C1Kwiziq community member

An extra detail

la tombe des gens que l'on a perdus

Why don’t we say

la tombe des gens qu’on a perdus

Asked 7 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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Kathleen B.A2Kwiziq community member

mamie gateau

What exactly does this phrase mean? I translate something like "Like a good granny cake". What is a granny cake?

Asked 5 years ago

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