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Chase J.B1KwizIQ community member

Ce sont nos livres vs Ces livres _ nous

Hi,

I have looked all over the site, but cannot seem to find where to learn the correct answer for "Ces livres _ nous/These books are ours" - it's very frustrating.

For me, I'd write "Ce sont nos livres" or "Ces livres sont les notres".

Could someone clarify the instance where I'd use "nous" at the end? Or at least direct me to the lessons explaining these instances?

I've been stuck on Gold A1 for 3 days (99.97%) and it's extremely frustrating to continuously have these setbacks. All I want is my diamond badge so I can move on to A2.

Many thanks

Asked 7 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Asked 8 years ago

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Tom E.C1KwizIQ community member

This was marked incorrect: "...mais ma sœur fait de la natation tous les Samedis." I think it's right though?

This was also marked incorrect: "ou si l'on préfère les activités sportives" (specifically the "l'"). I thought it was correct to place an "l" in that context (i.e., before a vowel")?

Asked 7 years ago

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

So you're never allowed to use l'un(e) or l'uns to mean the one, then?

Asked 8 years ago

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T. E.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

On a childhood record album, I learnedAinsi font, font, font les petites marionettes. Ainsi font, font, font trois petits tours et puis s'en vont! (Although I had incorrectly remembered it as 'et puis s'en va'.)Now I know better! Merci!

Asked 9 years ago

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Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

bad questionElle pardonne à Paul et elle .....(forgives us) I thought about this question and as far as I know either elle pardonne à nous or elle nous pardonne would be correct. I chose elle pardonne à nous thinking it was parallel structure, but it was marked incorrect. Tell me how I should have known the correct response.

Asked 8 years ago

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G. D.C1KwizIQ community member

Completer vs terminer

Can you say "après avoir terminé son diplôme"?

Asked 3 years ago

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T. T.C1KwizIQ community member

uncountable nouns

Bonjour,

Is there a lesson about uncountable nouns in french?

Partitive articles use with uncountable nouns, but it seems that not all the uncountable nouns in French are singular.

Such as the examples above, des animaux, des pommes.

Can I say "J'ai de l'animal" instead of "J'ai des animaux", do they mean the same thing?

Merci bien.

Asked 6 years ago

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Victoria Lange C.C1KwizIQ community member

Abbreviation of TA or TON.....

Why wouldn't you abbreviate ta or ton to t' before a vowel?

Asked 5 years ago

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L. E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Rosa and "ne craint" again

Bonjour,

I have a question regarding the same sentence another person posted about. "Rosa craint que nous n'allions en vacances." This confuses me as well, because I took it to mean "Rosa is afraid we might go on vacation." Is that correct? That is not what it shows for an answer in the quiz. It says "Rosa fears we might never go..." But if ne has no negative value, it cannot mean never.

Merci,

Lisa

Asked 7 years ago

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