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J. C.A2KwizIQ community member

Q:"''Nous sommes professeurs.'' Who can be speaking?" A: "Georges" - Why?I understand about mixed gender and singular/plurals, but this strikes me as a misleading question - the other options were the standard mix of genders, but I would assume if only person was speaking (Georges), then the question means who is this referring to, not speaking, and so this would not be a correct answer.
I don't think this is a case of misunderstood grammar, just a poorly phrased question. What I think the writer had in mind was that just George was speaking, and was referring to himself and someone else, but the other answers all imply one person speaking, unless two people were speaking at exactly the same time (unlikely!), e.g. "Georges and Fiona".

Anyone care to shed light on the matter before I report?

Asked 8 years ago

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Rosemary P.C1KwizIQ community member

in the test, the example was 'When she wins, she will be happy.' i used the Future Perfect quand elle aura gagné, , Why is this wrong? Winning first!

Asked 8 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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Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Asked 8 years ago

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Paola L.A1KwizIQ community member

Why don't we pronounce the first "que" in "On a que ce que l'on mérite?"I saw this on the video. Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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Kristin L.A1KwizIQ community member

Se réveiller

If it is venir de + infinitive, is it je viens de se réveiller ? Or je viens de me réveiller ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Robert S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Soit comma usage

In your first two examples I see: "soit du fromage, soit un dessert" and then "j'aimerais soit une tablette soit un nouveau portable." I've looked to no avail to find an explanation for the usage/non-usage of a comma in the two phrases. Could you please elucidate?

Asked 7 years ago

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ken g.B1KwizIQ community member

Imperfect vs plu perfect

In several of your test question you have the verb of (had)plus the verb which understood to be plu perfect and not imparfait. Now please explain how you are going to differentiate?

Asked 6 years ago

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Susan S.A2KwizIQ community member

How do I type accents on samsung phone

Asked 9 years ago

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Keira F.A1KwizIQ community member

verbs after a question with 'qui'

why is the verb after qui "vient" and "fait"? I don't get that, sorry.

And how would I know to use other verbs the same way?

Asked 5 years ago

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