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Truc Thanh V.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

About “ autre chose et quelque chose d’autre”

Bonjour Aurélie et Cécile,

I have 2 questions.

1/ As your explanation, we have 2 different ways of saying the same thing. Thus, why is it just nearly correct when I say:” Ils ont besoin d’occuper leurs jours à autre chose? The right answer in the test is” Ils .... à quelque chose d’autre”.

2/ How about to say autre chose/ quelque chose d’autre in plural?E.g.: I’d like to choose the other things.

Merci beaucoup.

Asked 7 years ago

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Drew B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

D'être pris?

Why does the final sentence, "Plutôt fuir que d'être pris la main dans le sac," utilize être in "d'être pris" vs avoir like in "d'avoir pris." ???

Asked 6 years ago

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Jack I.C1KwizIQ community member

Using merci de.....

I'm reading an example using merci de with an action already done. It says to use Merci de + [Infinitif Passé] and gives the following example:

C'était très difficile, merci de m'avoir aidée.

Please, can you explain why aidée is feminine?

Asked 7 years ago

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Jasmine N.B2KwizIQ community member

Le dimanche

Doesn’t “le dimanche“ mean “on Sundays”? Why isn’t it just “dimanche” to mean on this particular Sunday?

Asked 1 year ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Subjunctive = Indicative (er verbs) Ist/ 2nd and 3rd person SingularThe question is translate "You are waiting for the bus to arrive" The answer given is "Vous attendez que le bus arrive", Maybe better to change the question to '"You are waiting for the bus to LEAVE" which gives "Vous attendez que le bus parte (subjunctive). Here the verb is different from the indicative (le bus part)

Asked 8 years ago

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Carole G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

faire exprès deIn one of the quizzes, the sentence is "Il fait exprès de tomber. / He falls on purpose. Why is it not "de SE tomber?"

Asked 8 years ago

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Alican P.A0KwizIQ community member

"On ne doit pas.." How we can understand instantly this sentence is talking about We or People?

Asked 8 years ago

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Dr Michael E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Le mot « juste » devant au cas où me semble être une faute.

À ma connaissance, le mot juste est une calque sur français du mot « just » en anglais. « Just » est un adverbe en anglais, mais je le crois un adjectif en français. Par exemple: « ce que tu dis est juste » en français, mais on ne dit pas « je suis juste arrivé ». One dirait « je viens d’arriver » pour éviter le calque erroné , mais je pense que « juste au cas où » est INCORRECT.

Pourrait-on clarifier ce point de grammaire pour moi? Merci beaucoup

Dr Michael Elinski

Asked 7 years ago

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Phyllis P.C1KwizIQ community member

Kwizi no new quizes from you since 4 Feb. Qu'est-ce qui ce passe

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Elizabeth F.C1KwizIQ community member

Use of Le Subjonctif Présent vs PasséJe te crois à moins que tu ne m'aies menti.I believe you unless you lied to me.

In this example the French is in Le Subjonctif Présent but the English translation is in the past tense (present tense would be "unless you are lying to me"). Why is the French not "Je te crois à moins que tu ne m'aies eu menti"?

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