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SamiA1Kwiziq community member

Grandsons

How can I say in French? My grandsons are active.

Asked 5 years ago

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GeorgiaA1Kwiziq community member

en, dans le or au for states, regions and countiesIn the section where you explain about the difference between using en or dans le for states, regions and counties. You say that en is feminine and dans le is masculine. You give some examples of where to use au instead: au texas, au nouveau Mexique, au Québec. But I have had two questions in a row where I was asked what to put for Merseyside and Sussex. Going by the information you provided I put dans le (as they are masculine). I was marked wrong and told the answer was au. Could you please provide the examples of the English counties that use au instead of dans le. Thank you.

Asked 4 years ago

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MichaelC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I gave an answer to, How would you say, "You are cold."? Tu ....I responded with, "as froid" and it was marked incorrect. Please advise.

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LostA1Kwiziq community member

I am little cinfused,pls help me

Il va au Havre.= He's going to Le Havre. The place name start with 'h" so as per the rule infront of vowel or h we will use l'

But here it is à + le = au

Asked 4 years ago

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StuartB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bad hint?In today's A2 writing exercise: https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/exercises/overview/160?utm_source=blk&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=msg_448551You give the hint: Use "faire la connaissance de" = to get acquainted with. But it is counted wrong. I wrote "et ses griffes ont deja fait la connaissance de notre canape. And "la" and "de" are crossed out and "de" replaced with "avec". -- Either the hint is wrong, our the correction is wrong. N'est-ce pas?

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DavidC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

since then, collecting

In the writing challenge "My mother's favourite singer"

1. The phrase "since then" is translated as "depuis lors" or "depuis" or "depuis cette époque" but shouldn't my answer of "depuis ce moment-là" also be accepted?

2. The verb "has been collecting" is used and is translated as "collectionne" but without knowing how the sentence is going to end aren't we also wondering whether to use some other verb, as an alternative to "collectionne"?

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PaulC1Kwiziq 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 4 years ago

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RamiropuelmasC1Kwiziq community member

J'ai monté dedans

Hi, so i'm reading exercises du style and there´s the following phrase: l'autobus est arrivé. Alors j'ai monté dedans. Wouldn't the être variant be appropriate here?

Asked 4 years ago

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CarolynC1Kwiziq community member

Early. I thought tôt and de bonne heure Had the same meaning. When do you use each adverb?

Asked 3 years ago

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AnnaB1Kwiziq community member

accordance for past tense

Bonjour,

Some of these sentences seem to have accordance, like the final "s" added to the end of apporter in "Il les leur a apportés"

How do you decide which of the object pronouns the verb is supposed to be in accordance with?

Asked 4 years ago