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Valerie O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I’ll start again: If the sentence order is buying a yellow ruler (fem) and yellow pen (masc)—-sentence in that order—-why is the pen adj fem?

I got this wrong on the test, but the lesson doesn’t speak clearly to the answer the test wanted. I’m confused.

Asked 6 years ago

Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Ajoutez les anchois, les olives noires le basilic à la salade." Also, the English version had "and the basil". Also, no comma between "noires" and "le basilique". Do the French not use "and" when indicating the last member of a list eg "John, Mary and Fred"?

Asked 7 years ago

Diane R.B1Kwiziq community member

envoyer changing yer to ier ....

did i read correctly somewhere that this changed in the 1990's??? that before it was j'envoyerai but now it must be envoierai?

Asked 6 years ago

martha w.C1Kwiziq community member

Hello, why not "mal à les oreilles?" for plural as it is feminine?

Asked 7 years ago

Marsya C.B1Kwiziq community member

Article définis

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on peut dire "la robe la plus belle"?

Asked 6 years ago

Frank S.C1Kwiziq community member

it seems someone would give "plusieurs" fleurs but there would be "de nombreuses" fleurs in a field.

Asked 8 years ago

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Et ce qu'ils se sont déclaré était tellement émouvant

In the writing challenge "Les noces d'or de mes grands-parents" the phrase "Et ce qu'ils se sont déclaré était tellement émouvant" appears. Why is there no plural agreement on the verb "déclaré "?

It sees to be the same case as this example in the lesson "Conjugate reflexive verbs (+être) in Le Passé Composé (conversational past)":

Elles se sont disputées = They had an argument.

Is it because the verb has an object which precedes it and the rule of agreement with a prior object takes precedence over the rule of agreement with the subject?

Something like case 3 1/2 here:https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/agreement-with-pronominal-verbs/

Asked 7 years ago

Ron F.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you please give me a couple of sentences which include ce qui followed by an object

Asked 7 years ago

Andy H.A2Kwiziq community member

How do I know if a word like les Lunettes is masculine or feminine?

Also do you have library of words I can look up to check if I am unsure instead of me guessing?

Is there any way I can email you to discuss a few things please

Asked 5 years ago

l. V.C1Kwiziq community member

Hello - I don't understand why we're talking about 'faire des tartes' when we started off with 'un gâteau and finished with 'la tarte'

Asked 7 years ago

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