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Barbara G.C1Kwiziq community member

Regarding: "Tu amèneras ta cousine à la fête." "J'ai appris que le verb "amener" est utilisé dans le passé et emmener est le verb pour le present et

Asked 7 years ago

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Alex T.A1Kwiziq community member

"Dans" with "entrer"Why is "dans" necessary for "Quand Andrew et Dan entrent le bar" ?

"Entrer" means "to enter" as opposed to "come in," the later being what was directed to translate.

So you would say "when andrew and dan enter the bar" ...not "when andrew and dan enter in the bar"

Thinking it's just another "extra word" thing that happens when translating English to French...

Asked 6 years ago

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Melissa P.A1Kwiziq community member

J'ai rendu visite à ma soeur. visiter is conjugated? I thought it was J'ai rendu visiter à ma soeur.

Asked 6 years ago

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Martin L.C1Kwiziq community member

L'utilisation du subjonctif

Bonjour,

Pourquoi, au paragraphe 4, ligne 2, utilisez le subjonctif..... "qu'ils puissent" ?

Je vous remercie.

Asked 5 years ago

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Chesca M.A1Kwiziq community member

Pendant des longtemps

Bonjour,

Can I use des longtemps as the duration with pendant, ie, je vais vivre en france pendant des longtemps? Or is longtemps not considered a specific time frame?

Merci :)

Asked 5 years ago

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Stephanie S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Leur/leurs

When I took French in school I remember there being a confusion with leur and leurs around sentences such as "the men went to their cars" where there was a difference between each man going to his own individual car versus the cars being collectively owned by the group of men.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Or is it just "les hommes sont allés à leurs voitures" for both?

Asked 5 years ago

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Keir M.C1Kwiziq community member

Leur or leurs for enfants"Je parle aux enfants". Write "I speak to them.": Je ________ .leur parleJe leurs parlese

Is enfants not plural so the objective pronoun is leurs? Leur would equal "un enfant"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Judy V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Note that to form the Superlative of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlative of adjectives, EXCEPT you only use the definite article le plus / le moNote that to form the Superlative of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlative of adjectives, EXCEPT you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender). But one of the examples uses "au":Je le ferai jeudi au plus tard.
I'll do it on Thursday at the latest.

Asked 8 years ago

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

adverb placement.

I have noticed this sentence structure in a couple of books. Is it valid, if so are there other adverbs like this?

je ne peux malheureusement pas ....

Mike.

Asked 6 years ago

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Alex S.B1Kwiziq community member

Qu'est-ce qui marche le mieux ?

What is the difference between:

Qu'est-ce qui marche le mieux ?

and the Que from the interrogative lesson Questions: Que ... = What?, e.g. :

Que marche le mieux?

What's the best way to recognize what is the best solution to use? The first thing that jumps out to me is that Que marche le mieux might be incorrect b/c there is not really a subject, but I would appreciate a more formal explanation, thank you!

Asked 7 years ago

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