I'm trying to get to grips with noun complements as well as the content of this lesson. Both involve de and d' and maybe des (I am confused!) Can you suggest other lessons that could help with this thorny subject please.

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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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Shefali K.A2Kwiziq community member

Which tense is this?

I read this phrase somwhere: <> also the same tense (i.e. futur proche dans le passé?

What confuses me here is that this translates in English literally as: "This week, the museum announced that the art was going to be restored from next February." But that's absurd because then we have a nuance of the past (the museum announced; art was going to be restored) as well as future (from next February).

Wouldn't the simple futur proche tense suffice here since we are talking about the future?

Thanks in advance for your help!

Asked 7 years ago

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K. M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" You use dans le with masculine regions/states/counties starting with a consonant."When is "dans" used with a country? Examples, please.

Asked 8 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

encore vs toujours

'Je me souviens encore de la première fois' : could toujours be used as an alternative to encore here ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

translation of 'so that shapes appear'.

In the lesson 'Pour que (so that, in order that) is always followed by Le Subjonctif ' it states that the subjunctive is used: When something happens so that / in order that someone else does something.

The translation given for 'so that shapes appear' is 'pour que des formes apparaissent'.

As there is no 'someone else' involved here, presumably apparaissent is not in the subjunctive?

Asked 7 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

J'ai TOUJOURS été ...

I am still having issues with understanding the usage of toujours in the past tense vs imparfait. In Lawless french ( https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/) she states, "In a nutshell, the passé composé names something that happened, WITH A CLEAR BEGINNING AND END." She also says that- 'toujours' can be used in Passé composé if it represents 'always (and still now) (this explains its usage in this exercise, but its an ongoing feeling-not over and done!). However , I find these 2 statements mutually exclusive. How do I determine which form to use under the circumstances?

Asked 3 years ago

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