Hi there, I was wondering what the difference is between using "donc" and "du coup" or "par consequent". I seem to keep mixing these up. Whenever I look them up, they seem to be interchangeable but when I complete the exercises, this is not the case.

Here's the context: Du coup, je n'ai pas arrêté une minute aujourd'hui, pour que tout soit prêt à temps.

Thanks for your help

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Walter F.B2Kwiziq community member

...au magasin d'à côté. Is the "d" required? Can it not be simply .. au magasin à côté?

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Noël chez mes parents Challenge

Bonjour Madame,

In the last line of the passage which reads “Ils viendront nous accueillir les bras grand ouverts.” The English translation suggests ‘They will come to welcome us with their arms wide open.’

Why doesn’t the French sentence use ‘avec’ and ‘leur’ unlike the English translation as given in the hint ?

Please clarify the grammatical reason behind it.

Merci d’avance !

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Pat B.A1Kwiziq community member

Subordinate clause with queJ'ai joui les fraises que Maman a cueillies. is correct since the que refers back to the fraises

Je les ai jois (s?) que Maman a cueillie(s?) How does it work here, where you have the fraises referenced by the les before the ai? Do both of these need to agree?

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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

d'à côté

I add my question to Walter's. Would you please explain the "d'à côté" construction. AND add it to the lesson on à côté de etc etc. I looked there but thus little subtlety is not mentioned. Merci!

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

passer au court-bouillon

Can someone translate "passer au court-bouillon" into English. I can't find this anywhere. Thank you.

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the adventures of Fantôme this week, we were to translate "How many times Ii dreamt of being her" and the correct response was in the passé composébut isn't this a habituel motion? I used imparfait.

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Tilen K.A1Kwiziq community member