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Gillian G.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is “Elle s’en est allé” marked as wrong? Does it have to agree in gender as well as number?

Asked 8 years ago

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may m.B1KwizIQ community member

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This is a number written in French: "78,005". How would it be expressed in English?

In this question, the number is already written as english...and not french. Just thought you should know, because I got the question wrong.

Asked 7 years ago

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Marnie C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Il faut que vs use of devour + infinitive

Would you pls explain the differences and nuances of the use of il faut que +subjunctive and devour + the infinitive. When is it better to use one vs the other?

Asked 7 years ago

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Lorraine M.A2KwizIQ community member

pendant vs il y a- confused!

Are both of these sentences correct?

il est parti il y a trois semaines (he left 3 weeks ago)

il est parti pendant trois semaines (he has been gone for 3 weeks)

Asked 6 years ago

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T. T.C1KwizIQ community member

no adj for brouillard (fog), or vent (wind)?

Bonjour tout le monde,

I just check the online linguee dictionary and found that there is adj for wind, it is:

venteux

So is it correct when I say:

Le temps est venteux?

Merci

Asked 6 years ago

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Will s.A2KwizIQ community member

when to use aimer/adorerI'm still struggling to get my head around the nuances of aimer and adorer, even though I have read through the lesson a number of times. Can anyone suggest a useful additional resource to help me?

Asked 7 years ago

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Umi O.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

the subjonctif for the verb penser

Bonjour,

J’espère que vous allez bien !

I am desperate to find out a fact!

Please help!

According to your site, penser may require the subjunctive, depending on whether it is used affirmatively, negatively, or interrogatively.

So, I use the subjunctive for an interrogative sentence.

However, when I did a petit quiz on the subjonctive, my answer was wrong.

“Tu penses qu’il soit capable de réussir ?”

The correct answer is “est”!

But why? Because this question is informal, not “Penses-tu qu’il…”?

I appreciate your information.

Merci d’avance.

Asked 2 years ago

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Michael P.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

HiI did not choose "Leila is finishing the soup very quickly" because, to me, that expression is in the Present tense.

With these two answers it seems you are teaching that Passé Simple is past tense and present tense. I am confused.

Why should I have chosen, Leila is finishing...?

Asked 7 years ago

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Sherry M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

... le basilic à la salade

The English text had the word "and" before "the basil", and I seem to hear it in the French audio in the short segment that accompanies the text. Surely "et" should be part of the sentence?

Merci!

Asked 7 years ago

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Paul F.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

encore/toujours

I am always getting this wrong and wonder if there is a simple way that people remember when to use encore/toujours for "still" - i.e. why is the correct answer for this exercise, "ils sont ENCORE jeunes" (they are still/again young) and not "ils sont TOUJOURS jeunes (they are still/always young) ?

Asked 3 years ago

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