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Garnae A.A1KwizIQ community member

Plural

Asked 8 years ago

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Petros S.B1KwizIQ community member

Que

It would seem "Qu'ont fait les hommes" is an accepted sentence. According to the logic of this article, it should be "Que les hommes ont-ils fait." Can anyone explain this difference? Is one of these wrong? Is there some exception for "que?"

Asked 7 years ago

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Jules P.A2KwizIQ community member

Pendant v pour

Hi, my kwiz question was “Jeanne is going to France for three days”. The answer was “pendant trois jours” but the lesson suggests that it should be “pour trois jours”. Can anyone explain?

Asked 2 years ago

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Patricia E.B2KwizIQ community member

Last days versus last days of the year - "dernier"Regarding "Les derniers jours de l'année sont toujours plus courts." and, "Les jours derniers, j'étais un peu malade." I'm unsure about the reasoning for the positioning of derniers in the second sentence. Is it because they are not "final" days because that would imply that the person is dying and the sentence says there are only a little sick so therefore dernier goes after jours?

Asked 9 years ago

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Alan R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Surely quitter and partir can both mean to leave.

In a recent C1 test I was asked to complete the sentence, " Après........, ils se sont perdus."

After leaving, they got lost. I wrote, " Après avoir quitté, ils se sont perdus". My answer was marked as incorrect. Why?

Asked 8 years ago

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Terri R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

This is a question on grading the writing challenges (which are great-Thanks!)I struggle with grading the Writing Challenges. An example I have just had: The correct answers were (1) "on a beaucoup de choix", and (2) "on a plein d'options". My answer was a mixture of the two: "on a beaucoup d'options". Question: when there are two correct answers, are the parts 'interchangable'? Are "a plein d' " interchangeable with "a beaucoup de", and "d'options" with "de choix"? Or is the correct answer exactly as it is written in the first or the second sentence? I hope this makes sense! Thank you in advance for your help! Terri

Asked 9 years ago

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Where's the " being? " Why do they exclude étant in this sentence?

Tu es récompensé pour l'avoir aidée.
You are being rewarded for helping her.

Asked 8 years ago

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Anthea P.C1KwizIQ community member

Who's who?Sorry to ask this, but please can you tell me who is responding to our questions? I've always assumed that Aurielle is the expert from Kwiziq but are there others?

Asked 9 years ago

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Jim J.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Penser with tonic/stressed pronounsI'm not sure that it is correct to use a stressed pronoun for the first and second persons with the verb penser.

Is it correct to write "Je te pense" or to write "je pense à toi" ?

I suspect that the former could be misunderstood that the indirect object pronoun "te" might represent the preposition "de" and therefore change the intended meaning?

I'm thinking that we only use the stressed / tonic pronouns with the third person?

Can someone clear this matter up for me, please?

Asked 5 years ago

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Judy B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Imparfait vs Passé Compose

‘Comme j’ai toujours eu du mal avec les maths...’ ‘As I’ve always had a struggle with math...’

I think that ‘always’ indicates a continued and repetitive sense so why is the verb not in the imparfait?

Thank.

Asked 7 years ago

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