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Saul A.A1Kwiziq community member

use of de in negationIn the answer "je n'aime pas les sports" I thought de was used in negation rather than le, la, une, etc. Is this totally incorrect? What are the rules for using de rather than le, la, etc.

Asked 7 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ils sortent bientôt

Is the discussion below, Chris says this means They’re leaving soon. Yet I was just marked wrong for using this term for that same translation. This section is the most confusing and I’m asking if you can direct me to other resources for more help. Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement with tense and gender of subjectI have just reviewed https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/agreement-with-pronominal-verbs/ as recommended in another Q&A and it disagrees with the teaching in this lesson that

Asked 7 years ago

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Carol L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est-ce que veux dire "les rotules?" Je ne pouvais pas le trouver dans mon dictionnaire. Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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F S.A2Kwiziq community member

How do you decide which version to use?

Asked 7 years ago

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Meghna G.A0Kwiziq community member

Why dont we say "Il y a deS belles montagnes dans le Jura." ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Madeleine G.C1Kwiziq community member

compound plurals

Asked 7 years ago

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Narelle E.C1Kwiziq community member

Changement de programme [Subjonctif] quiz. My answer was marked incorrect. I don't understand why.

I wrote '`a moins que Bruno ne vienne ...' vienne is the correct form of subjunctive and 'ne' is needed after the conjunction '`a moins que'. I have read in lesson notes that the 'ne' can be dropped in a dialogue. However, in the short quiz which followed that exercise, 'ne' expletive was before the subjunctive verb in a dialogue. I don't believe I was wrong with my form of the subjunctive nor the 'ne' expletive.

Asked 7 years ago

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Juan G.C1Kwiziq community member

Difference between conte and histoire

I used conte in my translation rather than the given "histoire," is there a difference between the two or are they completely interchangeable?

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Continuation Question on tense and gender.

"the verb must agree with the gender and number of the person."

Can you please explain the discrepancy between these two sources of information? Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago