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S. M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
ce qu'on a envie

Why is "ce dont on a envie" (in the fourth sentence) not correct here? For that matter, why is "ce qu'on a envie" correct? The expression is "avoir envie de", isn't it?  What am I missing here?

Also: why must the past tense in English ("didn't pay", "were encouraged") necessarily be translated as the present tense ("ne paye pas", "est encouragé") in French?

And finally, why  is it incorrect to use "souhaiter" rather than "aimer" in the last sentence?

Asked 6 years ago
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Emily L.C1Kwiziq community member
"Apres" without "que"Sorry, it appears the "more detail" part didn't post! I was wondering under what circumstances you could omit "que" and still use "apres." "Je me lave apres tu te leves" sounds wrong, or at least awkward, but what about "Tu te leves, et apres, je me lave?"
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Dorne C.A2Kwiziq community member
In an earlier exercise you have 'Je chapeau bleu at one jute bleu'. why was 'jute blue' not feminised or is it assumed that woman do not wear hats?
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JL G.A2Kwiziq community member
Pourquoi dans français les noms des payés n’est pas capitale
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Erika H.C1Kwiziq community member
Pour le mariage

The English text did not say it was “for the wedding” (for the last thing to translate). Nowhere in the text was there any mention of a wedding. So why did the last sentence have “pour le mariage” added to the end?

Asked 6 years ago
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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Bonjour - can someone take a look at this and advise if correct?

Ma mère est bien.  Mais je crois que mon père est généralement mieux que ma mère, parce qu’il a une bonne disposition.  

Vous nagez très bien.  En fait, je pense que vous nagez peut-être mieux que tous les autres.  Vous nagez le mieux, il n’y a aucune question à propos de ça. 

Merci d'avance.

Asked 7 years ago
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Ruth G.B1Kwiziq community member
Why is “nous n’avons pas eu” translated as “we never have” rather than “we never had”

I got the sentence “Nous n’avons pas eu....” wrong because I translated it as “We never had...”

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
Doubt in qui/que

Bonjour Cécile,

In the sentence- 

"Les profs qui nous  accompagnent sont très sympas."

Madame,

Is it correct to use "que/qui" as qui is either followed by a verb or a reflexive pronoun. And que is followed by a noun or subject pronoun.

Here nous is a subject pronoun,then why 'qui' is used?

Merci d'avance.

Asked 7 years ago
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Michael P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Help me understand when, "be" in subjunctive, which auxiliary verb to choose-Avoir or ÊtreI initially wrote my answer with avoir...."n'y ait"....But because I see "be", I stop and question which auxiliary verb to use.I changed my answer to use être.... "n'y soit"....Please help me understand how to determine which auxiliary verb to use.Here was the test question...Nous avons ouvert les fenêtres de peur qu'il ________ une fuite de gaz.We opened the windows out of fear there might be a gas leak.
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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?

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