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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Henri faisait une sieste quand son patron est entré.Puis-je également écrire Henri était en train de faire une sieste quand son patron est entré? Est-ce que c'est possible d'écrire cette phrase comme je l'ai fais? Peut-être ça veut-dire quelque chose d'autre. Je ne sais pas.

Asked 8 years ago

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Patrick R.A1Kwiziq community member

I could not tell the gender of alexa

Asked 7 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

does "n'a pas eu a" mean "didn't have to"

I'm looking at the "Manon n'a pas eu a payer" as the translation of the English "Manon didn't have to pay." This translates literally but is it correct French. I would think "Manon didn't have to pay" would be something like "Manon n'a pas du a payer."

Asked 7 years ago

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Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

serais vs sois

Hi room and experts

Please explain why the selected être verb in this sentence is not written in the subjunctive 'Tu nous avais dit que tu n'y croyais pas, que tu serais satisfait avec la moyenne'. Why is it not rather 'n'y croyais pas que tu sois'?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of the infinitive for the imperative

Bonjour à tous et à toutes,

Is the infinitive still used for commands, and if so when ?

I mostly see the vous form of the indicative for commands.

Asked 7 years ago

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Michelle S.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you use ne ... que in front of an infinitive?

Asked 8 years ago

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Elijah N.C1Kwiziq community member

What about " Ça fait ... que je ne [verb] pas"

Hello, I was thinking whether the same rule applies to this expression above?

Also, if you're talking about an already finished action, (for example: you hadn't lived somewhere in a long time, but now you started living there) would you modify the verb in the second part of the sentence (for example, "...que je n'ai pas habité" or "...que je n'habite pas") or the "fait" itself, in the first part (ex: ça faisait, ça a fait, etc) or maybe both? I was thinking about it, and I don't know which one is to use and in which case.

Thank you in advance for clarifying

Asked 4 years ago

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Danica W.C1Kwiziq community member

does “devoir” share the same irregularity and construction as “voir”?

Asked 7 years ago

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Rony R.C1Kwiziq community member

the word Pas in ( et n'est pas toujours pas revenu)

et n'est pas toujours pas revenu. My question is in regard with first (Pas), should it be there? if so, why?. Also, I verified with the audio file, it is not there.

Asked 6 years ago

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Jay D.C1Kwiziq community member

Oui, je le crois» if this can mean 'I believe so' and 'I believe him' how could you emphasise or make clear which you mean?

Asked 7 years ago

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