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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Impersonal verb vs direct object

Hello again,

I have a question when looking over my answers and noticing that il me reste is using the impersonal verb shouldn't the suggestion lesson change from direct/indirect object to impersonal verb?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Kevin W.C1KwizIQ community member

Simple past and etre

I am somewhat confused by one of your examples "Je suis assis entre Léa et Tim." The point of the exercise is not lost on me you are using the sentence to demonstrate the use of "entre". What puzzles me is the use of "je suis assis" which combines the present tense of etre "je suis" with the simple past of to sit "assoier". I'm obviously missing something obvious but it totally confuses me. I thought you had suggested that "I am sitting" and "I sit" can be expressed by the same construction, the meaning altered by context; so why not "J'assieds entre Léa et Tim"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Phúc Đ.B2KwizIQ community member

Decimal numbers

How to express decimal numbers (e.g. 0.8, 9.876...)?

Is this correct?: zero point huit

Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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diana b.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Très rapideSonne comme une course de chevauSSonne comme une course de cheveaux. Ce n'est pas une vitesse très agréable. Je pense qu'elle se précipite pour terminer dans un très petit laps de temps.

Asked 7 years ago

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Janitha D.A2KwizIQ community member

C'est venteux

Hi;

I read this on a spead repetition program. It says:

It is windy today - c'est venteux aujourd'hui

Is this correct? Why does it use c'est insted of Il fait here?

Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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James W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I thought it was "forcer à" and not "forcer de" for "compel to do"? Can this be explained please as it why it's followed with "de"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Le P.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

avoir besoin d'argent

First issue:

Interaction p 23 : Tu as de l'argent pour faire les courses? Non, j'ai besoin d'argent.

It explains "avoir besoin de uses de alone when followed by a noun used in the partitive sense" which must be the rationale for the response above.

1. Why isn't the question also partitive sense? Please help me make the distinction.

Second issue:

On p340, it says that avoir besoin de is one of a small number of verbs (it also includes s'agir de, parler de, se souvenir de) that require "de" before a noun object and gives the example

"J'ai besoin d'argent pour voyager" (no article before "argent")

and also gives "Nous parlons du Canada en cours" (has the article); Il s'agit d'un voyage au Canada; On se souvient du passé là-bas.

2. For all those examples on p340 except avoir besoin de, there is an article and I don't know why they differ.

I am becoming confused. Can someone help please?

Asked 4 years ago

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marn m.A1KwizIQ community member

I took the quiz if I come back later will there be new questions and how do I raise my percentages?

Asked 7 years ago

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Jay D.C1KwizIQ community member

If there are three girls you can't say 'neither' it has to be 'none of them' so isn't 'aucune' correct to use here?be...