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Victor L.A2Kwiziq community member

Confusing depuis vs pendantWhat is the correct way to say "I have played football since 2001." in French. I thought it should be j'ai joué au foot pendant 2001 considering pendant is only used for events that happened in the past or future with no link to the present. "I have played" doesn't necessarily mean "I'm still playing" , whereas if the question said "i have been playing", then it would definitely be "depuis"

: Je joue au foot depuis 2001.

Asked 5 years ago

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Jordan P.C1Kwiziq community member

c’est bon vs elle est bonne

One of the tests has this question:

“Cette pomme est bonne.”

“Oui, c’est bon.”

And I fail to understand why “Oui, elle est bonne.” is wrong when we are clearly talking about a specific apple...?

Asked 5 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Doubt in meilleur/ meilleure

Bonjour Cécile,

In the lesson, a sentence has been given

"La vanille,c'est bon,mais le chocolat,c'est meilleur."

If the sentence is inversed,as-

"Le chocolat,c'est bon,mais la vanille,c'est meilleure."

Would in this case "meilleur" be used or "meilleure"?

Please explain the reason behind it also.

Merci d'avance.

Asked 7 years ago

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Justin S.B2Kwiziq community member

Se passer de

How would it work with this? Avoir or être?

Asked 6 years ago

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Danielle T.C1Kwiziq community member

Reflexive in the future

Hello...for the future with reflexive verbs, can we say - tu vas te faire couper les cheveux, nous allons nous faire faire les ongles etc?

How about:

Tu te feras couper les cheveux...? You are will have your hair cut....? Does that work?

Merci beaucoup!

Asked 7 years ago

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C. F.C1Kwiziq community member

Il faudra aussi de délicieux lardons

Why isn’t there an infinite in the above phrase ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Natasha R.B2Kwiziq community member

I love my cousin Benjamin.

In one of the writing exercises, I translated "I love my cousin Benjamin" to, "J'aime bien mon cousin Benjamin", but the system corrected this to "J'aime beaucoup mon cousin Benjamin". Why? It actually seems to me that "J'aime bien" is more appropriate than "J'aime beaucoup" (I like a lot).

Asked 5 years ago

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Rob L.C1Kwiziq community member

Qu'est-ce qui v. qu'est-ce que

In the sentence "What do you miss the most?" the word "what" is the object of the verb. So it would be easy to think that the correct translation is "Qu'est-ce que te manque le plus?" However, in French the construction differs from English. The French construction is essentially "What is missing to you the most"? Hence "what" has become the subject of the verb and accordingly the correct translation is "Qu'est-ce qui te manque le plus?"

Can someone confirm that this analysis is correct please?

Asked 5 years ago

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Mohamad A.A1Kwiziq community member

Vraiment !!

C'est pour A1, vraiment ?

Si c'est A1, je n'ai pas de chance a l'epreuve de B2 dans 4 mois.

Meme si j'ai reussi a A2 il y a 2 mois.

Asked 6 years ago

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Olaf M.C1Kwiziq community member

can you make a test to practice of your French vocabulary themes please ?