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Rodney L.A1Kwiziq community member

Bonsoir! Why is c'est amusant this is funny and not it is funny? Merci por la lecon. Rod

Asked 7 years ago

Graham T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I'm doing the Making a Snowman writing challenge. How is a ball of snow a person that requires lui? (Girl was rolling a ball of snow to make a head)

Asked 7 years ago

Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Exceptions to using indirect personal pronoun

The group à + [people] becomes simply their matching indirect pronoun, as follows:

Don’t certain verbs require a tonic (stress) pronoun after à, rather than the indirect object pronoun before the verb ?

For example - "Je pense à vous" "Tu dois faire attention à lui"

Asked 4 years ago

Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

question from quiz: “ commencerions” (out of context!)

correct answer is:

“Nous commencerions à cinq heures si nos patrons nous laissait faire”.

Pourquoi pas: “si nos patrons nous laissait LE faire”.?

Asked 7 years ago

Johanna S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Too many exceptions!

This feels like memorization is my only resort.

Asked 7 years ago

M. M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why faire and not fais?

From the quiz - C'est les soldes, je vais faire les magasins.

Why is faire used here instead of fais?

Asked 7 years ago

Sylvia E.C1Kwiziq community member

Hi there. Really interesting piece with lots of new vocabulary. But can’t sort the construction “mais lui se la coule” . Please advise. S.

Asked 7 years ago

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 6 years ago

Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Spelling of conditional of préférer

I believe the je form of the conditional of préférer is je préférerais, not je préfèrerais as in the text. Am I correct ?

Asked 6 years ago

Isata A.Kwiziq community member

Hi! there is something confusing me about le, la, l' and les and the words that are match with them. please I need a help

Asked 7 years ago

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