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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you contrast the use of quelqu'un with personne please? is that latter used in negative sentences only?

Asked 6 years ago

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Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The audio in this lesson is beautiful! Merci beaucoup

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Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prevoir vs Organiser/planifier

Why "prevoir" for "nous avons prévu d'aller..." instead of "nous avons organisé (or planifié)?

I understand "prevoir " to mean "foresee" , but if she made plans then it would seem to me organisé or planifié would be more accurate. Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

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R. E.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

lesson could use a video lesson

A video lesson would be nice. It seems most of the other lessons offer at least one video as a supplemental resource. Merci.

Asked 6 years ago

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Amanda B.C1Kwiziq community member

I am still unsure why the subjective mood is used. Cant you just say Je dois..... instead of Il faut que....? It seems so much harder to cinstr

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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What's the difference between a gérondif (used by itself), and en + gérondif?

Asked 6 years ago

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Anthony F.C1Kwiziq community member

Why isn't "on" (essentially meaning "one") not treated as singular even though meaning implies pluralThese are good mind searching and expanding exercises! I am impressed by the work that goes into their development. If "on" really means "one" why is it not treated as singular even though meaning implies plural. I know it's not good French but "Qu'es-ce qu'on va faire?" implies plural but is treated as singular ie not "vont faire". (I remember my teacher getting really irritated with me when at the age of 9 I insisted that "on" was another way of saying "nous"! Thank you in advance for your help and for curating such a good set of lessons.

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Martin J.C1Kwiziq community member

Why does "I've got few friends" translate to "J'ai peu d'amis" and not "J'ai peu des amis"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Raymond F.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

demandé demandée

Shouldn’t the participle agree with the preceding object? Or is it only a direct object?

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Michele M.B2Kwiziq community member

This listening audio seems to be about the French language, not about the French Open

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