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Sue M.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is it ‘ne devrions fumer plus’ when there is a conjugated and an infinitive?

Asked 8 years ago

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Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne savoirI was reading in the Louis Segond 1910 French Bible and came across this phrase: Or ceux qui vivent selon la chair ne sauraient plaire à Dieu. The English KJV puts this as: So then they that are in the flesh can not please God. I do not understand why using the conditionnel present of savoir along with ne means 'can not'. Is this an idiomatic phrase? Hopefully this question is clear enough to be understood!

Asked 8 years ago

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Lee H.C1Kwiziq community member

Sorry, my question was incomplete. I was marked wrong for using "J' avais'l'habitude de ....."

Asked 8 years ago

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Hilary T.A0Kwiziq community member

When do you know if a voutry is masculine or feminine

I was told most countries are masvuline, but feminine when ending in e

Asked 7 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Et ce mardi-là, il devait la retrouver pour boire un verre… In the B2 writing challenge "Pre Date Stress" the translation of "And that Tuesday, he was supposed to meet her to have a drink..." is "Et ce mardi-là, il devait la retrouver pour boire un verre… ".Other alternatives are offered but all use devoir.Couldn't this one also be valid: "Et ce mardi-là il était censé la retrouver pour boire une verre"as well as the possibility of using "prendre une verre" instead of "boire une verre"?If so should the excercise be updated?

Asked 7 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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Digby T.A0Kwiziq community member

Can you ask Quel Age vous Aveo?

Asked 6 years ago

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Kate D.B2Kwiziq community member

Imperative - tu form of donner

On the quiz, the correct answer to the imperative form of donner for tu is marked as "donne", not "donnes". Am I missing something or is it supposed to be "donne-moi"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Based on a true story

Bonjour à tous,

Could you tell me how to say this in French ? Thanks

Asked 7 years ago

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Sagar J.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is this wrong?

On the quiz, I missed this question:

Tu aimes le violet ? Oui, ________ est très joli!

I answered with 'il', because it fits the criteria that we are not talking about something general, but something specifically referred to previously: the color violet. The answer was actually "c'".

Can you explain why?

Asked 7 years ago

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