I am not native English-speaking person, but while I was reading this lesson, I made the relations of different types of “leave” in French with my native language which is Greek. In Greek we have different words, as in French, for expressing “leave”, probably there is the same in English with specialized word of meaning “leave”. Some words in English that are synonyms to leave could be for example, depart, go, abscond, exit, vamoose, go away, run off etc. So, maybe, for a native English person could be better explaining the different notions of French “leave” with the right word in English. Is that right? What do you think?

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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En replacing a prepositional phrase beginning with "de"La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________ respecter les limites. The correct answer is "en", but it is seems to me that what must be respected is "la liberte", not "d'expression" which is not a phrase, but a modifier of la liberte.

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Use of "le, la, les.." vs. possessive pronouns: "son, sa, ses..."

I have noticed that all the phrases use the pronouns, "le or la". As in:

"La fille dont le frere travaillait avec moi..."

"Francois, dont j'ai rencontre la femme..."

Is there any problem with saying the following for example?:

"La fille, dont son frere travaillait avec moi, a gagne le prix"

"La femme, dont son fils j'ai rencontre la semaine derniere..."

"Amelie, dont ses enfants sont venus chez nous, sont bien eleves"

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Difficult to understand 'confiais a eux'

ce gars parle trop vite!

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Annich M.B2Kwiziq community member

answer given - la mien - how can this be? Je vois ton sac, mais où est ________ ? I see your bag, but where is mine? la mien

Surely it is le mien? Please explain

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Martin D.A2Kwiziq community member

Two verbs for 'to save'

why is 'épargner' wrong for 'economiser' - does it not mean 'to save' (as in money)?

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ne…pas de

I’ve always thought that in a negation the preposition ‘de’ is used, so in « I don’t waste water » I wrote « je ne gaspille pas d’eau » but this was corrected to « je ne gaspille pas l’eau ». My thought pattern was supported in « when I can’t cycle » - « quand je ne peux pas faire de vélo » (given that : to cycle = faire du vélo). Can this be explained ?

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coca p.C1Kwiziq community member

pourquoi c'est pas 'j'avais plein de doutes' ?

avoir des doutes -- > avoir plein de doutes C'est pas comment ça?

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

"Faire des cadeaux a..."

This is a new expression for me for "giving a gift to someone". I know the expression, "faire quelque chose a quelqu'un" can be used in other ways such as "faire un calin a".

Are there many other similar expressions and is there a lesson on this subject?

Thank you for your help, as always.

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