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Daphne S.B2Kwiziq community member

How to tell whether 'lui' refers to a him or a herI've forgotten something: How would I know that the 'lui' as in 'Il lui envoie deux mille rose' is a female & not a male (as in 'He sent 2 million roses to him' ?)

Asked 7 years ago

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Clare B.C1Kwiziq community member

Vocabulaire

I lost marks more for the wrong word or phrase rather than the wrong grammer. Most of the grammar details for each section I had got right or nearly. I don't know if there is any way of helping us to know or guess the correct form of words.

It's all good practice though, so thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

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Faithandrews L.A0Kwiziq community member

I got confused as scared when I studied the lesson, then started understanding the topic at the beginning of the video. but.....

but towards the ending of the video, everything got even more confusing.

Asked 6 years ago

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e. r.A1Kwiziq community member

This is super helpful.

I read the written French easily but understanding the spoken is so so so hard for me. This is just at the right level. I can understand maybe 1/3rd of it.

Asked 6 years ago

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Connie C.C1Kwiziq community member

French word for poster

In the exercise “La Super Chambre de ma Fille”, I filled the blank in the following sentence with the word “affiches” for “posters” but it marked my answer as Incorrect and said I should have used the word “posters”. Doesn’t “affiches” also mean posters?

elle a accroché des affiches des Avengers

Asked 6 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Mamie Gâteau Challenge (passé composé vs imparfait)

Bonjour Madame Cécile,

In the exercise on passé composé vs imparfait, I am stuck on the last line .

It reads - “Elle a souri et elle a dit qu’elle nous pardonnait . Nous n’avons jamais oublié cette leçon.”

Here , why does ‘pardonner’ take imparfait and not passé composé ?

Also why does ‘oublier’ take passé composé and not imparfait ?

Please give the grammatical reasons for the same.

Merci d’avance.

Asked 7 years ago

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Patrick v.A2Kwiziq community member

Question needs rewording Nous sommes professeurs.'' Who can be speaking? Alain and Georges, Georges and Fiona, Fiona and Judy, Fiona, Georges. Why can't *Fiona* or *Georges* be speaking on their own? e.g Fiona is talking to a group of people about herself and another person. She says "Nous sommes professeurs". Likewise for Georges. The sentence does not require two people to be speaking simultaneously."

Asked 7 years ago

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Kali S.A1Kwiziq community member

Je pense à elle ?

When I enter "I think about her" into google translate, it tells me the correct translation is "Je pense à elle"

Why would it not be "Je lui pense" ? Is 'she' not the indirect pronoun with this verb?

Is it only when 'à' translates to 'to' rather than 'about'?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Le goût des autres

I've re-read the lesson on when to use "d'autres" and "des autres" and I don't quite understand why "the taste of others" is "le goût des autres". I thought that would only be the case if it was specific other people "the taste of the others", and in the case of this film title it should be "le goût d'autres" - a general case of the taste of unspecified others. What am I missing here please?

Asked 4 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

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The year IN WHICH Napoleon was crowned. Dans lequel and I was marked wrong. I don’t agree that où is correct even if it can mean when or where. Two choices seem to be clearly available in these cases according to the notebook info. Advice? Thanks!

Asked 6 years ago

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