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John W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Partitive articles

We are told that partitive articles become de or d' in negative tenses. Yet in Aurélie's Chrismas quiz 'il ne veut que de la bûche' is given as a correct answer.

Please explain.

Asked 7 years ago

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Justme L.A0KwizIQ community member

Exactly how does one know when to you vous and when to use Ils

I was never aware "JACK and JILL' should take the pronoun Ils. It was my belief ILS was reserved for all boys only.

So now I see vous addressing the individuals IN the group. Sort of like ILS is they and VOUS is similar to America's deep South as y'all, or the northeast as in you guys.

So within the poem/song Jack and Jill went up the hill one wouldn't use the pronoun VOUS as it would change the meaning. Is that correct?

Not Y'ALL or You guys or VOUS went up the hill... Jack and Jill are not the audience.

THEY or ILS went up the hill to fetch... The audience is being addressed. Not Jack and Jill.

Dear professor, is that about right?

Asked 7 years ago

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Supratik B.A2KwizIQ community member

"personnes" vs "gens" ou "monde"

Can we say il y avait beaucoup de "personnes" instead of "gens"?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Nicole W.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Regarding (again) negation with direct object pronouns in passé composé...

I'm still a bit confused. To change the sentence "Il ne veut pas me parler" to passé composé, it would be "Il n'a pas voulu me parler." Right? But we had an example in class that was: "En classe, la prof vous parle (à toi et aux autres élèves)?" In our response, we were supposed to change it to negative passé composé. The answer our instructor gave was "Non, en class, la prof ne nous a pas parlée." I'm not understanding why it wouldn't follow the structure of the first example and be "Non, en class, la prof n'a pas nous parlée." Could you please shed some light on the differences in sentence structure between this response and the first example, and what the rules are? Thanks in advance.

Asked 7 years ago

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Stuart C.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Common Latin root?Does the verb s'asseoir and the crude English word for one's posterior share a common root?

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Renate A.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Confusion with ne...pas.Confusion with ne....pas. First I thought always de after ne... pas. Then I read there is an exception when être is used. Use un/une. What is happening then in this example?Les filles jouent au foot? Non, elles ne jouent pas au foot. Is there a lesson that explains all the options?

Asked 9 years ago

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

sans que vs sans seulementAvec the tradition de "without me changing my mind," the réponse correct c'est: sans que je change mon avis. Mais, est-ce que cette réponse est bon aussi: sans m'avoir changé d'avis? Si non, pourquoi pas?