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Moira K.C1Kwiziq community member

Une suggestion...

J'avais du mal à bien entendre cette vidéo à cause de la musique.....c'est un problème additionnel pour l'apprenant de français, surtout pour les gens qui sont un peu malentendants. Est-ce que vous pouvez offrir un choix...avec ou sans musique ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Stephanie S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

hilare vs hilarant

When I looked up the vocab word 'hilarious' on my own I got hilare, but when I used it in the exercise it was marked wrong.

Asked 4 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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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Monster canines

The monster revealed sharp white canines. I had to guess, wrong, since I had no idea nor could I find it anywhere online whether canines is masc or fem. What’s a good source for checking word gender when it’s not obvious? The lesson doesn’t address this of course. Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

translation of "lors du"Looking at the sentence: Lors du Congres organisé(...clause), un très large majorité des cent quatre vingt huite members se prononce pour l'etabissement d'une monarchie constitutionnelle. I would translate this as "whilst the congress organised, a very large majority decided on the establishment of... So would have anticipated "Lorsque le Congres..." or "Quand le Congrès..." Where as "Lors du..." seems to have the meaning "While the..." "During the..." ...so the definite article seems not needed... can anyone clarify the use of "Lors du..." here I wonder...? Best regards, Michael

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Elaine R.B1Kwiziq community member

Use of "se tenir debut"

Please could someone explain the use of "se tenir debut" to mean "stood" in the first example?

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tenses of clore and éclore

Bonjour à tous,

Could someone explain why these verbs aren't ever used in the imperfect ? I realize there are alternative verbs that can be used, but am just curious about the reason.

Merci !

Asked 6 years ago

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Alvin S.B1Kwiziq community member

C'est vs Il/Ells - Not part of this lesson but a good example...I think.

The rule with c'est vs il/elle is that you are speaking of a specific item. In this lesson one of the examples doesn't appear to follow that rule:

The lesson translates "Is it a second-hand car?- No, it's new." to "C'est une voiture d'occasion? - Non, elle est neuve."

Why doesn't the question use Elle instead of C'est? They are talking about a specific car--i.e. the one purchased by the speaker.

Asked 6 years ago

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

Use of Ni and Ni when "either/or" or "neither/nor" are not used in English translation

The question in my lesson plan test was: "Il a vu Paul et Sam ? -Non, ________ ."

My answer, "Il n'a pas vu Paul et Sam." was marked wrong. And the correct answer given is:

"Il n'a vu ni Paul ni Sam." "Has he seen Paul and Sam? -No, he hasn't seen Paul or Sam."

Wouldn't the more accurate English be: "No, he hasn't seen either Paul or Sam." ?

And, therefore "Il n'a pas vu Paul et Sam." would be the negation for "Il as vu Paul et Sam?"

Thank you for your explanation.

Asked 3 years ago

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J B.A1Kwiziq community member

Why not

why not Olivier arrive á la piscine

Asked 7 years ago

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