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Margaret F.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'etait une guerre entre les pauvres et quel qui avaient beaucoup d'argent.

Asked 4 years ago

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Carol L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Accents in evenement

The correct version of this dictation indicates that evenement has an accent aigu over the first "e" and an accent grave over the second. The dictionary I refer to (Merriam-Webster's French-English and English-French) spells it with two accents aigus. I checked it again in another bilingual dictionary (by J.O.Kettridge, Officier d'Academie F.S.A.A., ETC) and it also showed the word with both accents being aigu. Would you clarify this for me (I would hate to spend the rest of what remains of my life spelling evenement improperly. Thank you. (I should also point out that in the final text you provided, both of the accents are aigu.

Asked 5 years ago

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J. Cheever L.C1Kwiziq community member

Spelling of "weekend" in French?

I thought the French spelling for "weekend" was normally "week-end". Has this changed to "weekend" in recent times?

Asked 5 years ago

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Michael W.C1Kwiziq community member

De la fièvre

Would be be incorrect to say " j’ai (tu,il,elle,etc) une fièvre " ? As in English "I have a fever" as Cécile notes “j’ai une bronchite" or is it alway "j’ai de la… (I have fever)"

Asked 4 years ago

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Carolyn H.C1Kwiziq community member

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

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of subjunctive after ‘après que’

I have it in my notes that “après que” uses the indicative tense, so is there a reason why the subjunctive is used in this occasion ?

Asked 6 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Difference between "aucune part" and "nulle part" in a negative sentence.

What is the difference between: "nulle part" et "aucune part"? In answered, "Je ne les trouve aucune part." as the translation for "I don't find them anywhere." I had written "nulle part", but then changed it to "aucune part" because I thought it was more accurate for "anywhere" (as opposed to "nowhere").

Asked 4 years ago

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Lewis S.C1Kwiziq community member

-ÉxER verbs have 2 accepted spelling patternscomplétera / complètera are both accepted spelling patterns per the lesson, yet in the Micro Kwiz I selected complétera which was marked as wrong and complètera was the correct answer. What's the difference?

Asked 6 years ago

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