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Brenda B.A1Kwiziq community member

Tôt vs. en avance. When is tôt used?

When is tôt used versus En avance?

Also pile versus a l’heure ?

How do these words differ in their usage?

Asked 4 years ago

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laila a.A0Kwiziq community member

i dont under stand conjugasion preposistion

i was wondering if u can teach me what 5th graders learn in french right now

in tunis

Asked 5 years ago

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Richard S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imperfect or perfect

In the lesson on simple Passive tenses an example is:

Les étudiants étaient accueillis par le directeur tous les ans.
The students were welcomed by the headteacher every year.

In this lesson, we have the example above: Elles ont été surprises par ...

They were surprised by ...

In both cases the English tense is the same, but it differs in French. Is it important, or can you choose whichever you prefer.

Asked 5 years ago

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Jack B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Used to + refexive verb

Some of the examples and test answers of used to + reflexive verb use avoir l'habitude de and some dont. I cannot find any explanation for this.

Asked 3 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This sentence in the writing challenges had me fooled: Mon meilleur ami Pierre, qui jusqu'à l'année dernière partageait un trois-pièce avec moi....My thought was the jusqu'à means the action ended, and thus, I used the passé composé. I realized it had been a habit, but how does one know what to do when more than one rule applies?

Asked 6 years ago

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Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'était très rapide.

Can we use "vite" instead of rapide?

Asked 4 years ago

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Eve B.A2Kwiziq community member

j'ai de chance

Hey! Why in the examples is it "j'ai de chance" and not "J'ai de la chance"?

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?

Asked 4 years ago

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Niloofar K.C1Kwiziq community member

Is there any lesson about indirect speech(le discours indirect), because I can't find any grammar lesson about it.

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Did the taxi driver stay at the hotel with them? I thought amener meant to take someone someplace and leave them there whereas emmener meant to stay

whereas emmener meant to take them and remain there with them.

Asked 6 years ago

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