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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

New lessons

Hi Kwiziq,

I have noticed a few new lessons show up but then dissapear, e.g. meaning of Pauvre.

If these are yet to be released lessons then thats fine, I just wondered if these was a problem with my subscription.

Great work as usual !

Asked 6 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Meaning of écrin

What is the meaning of écrin ? It's not clear from searching the french dictionaries.

Asked 4 years ago

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Ted C.C1Kwiziq community member

l'imparfait de devoir

I am assuming that "was supposed to" and "ought to have" are the same: "he ought to have reminded me"/"he was supposed to remind me" = "il devrait me rappeler".

Asked 6 years ago

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Ankit A.C1Kwiziq community member

Store Credit

In the text "Thank you. Would you like store credit" The answer given translates to "coupon" and not store credit . Every where I searched converts "store credit" to Crédit du magasin.

Asked 5 years ago

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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Adjective agreement after "de"

Can someone please explain the logic behind the difference in adjective agreement w/ nouns after "de" in these two sentences, which both are found in the exercise:

1) "les distances de sécurité"

2) "quelques minutes de gagnées"

Why is "securité" not in agreement w/ "les distances," while "gagnées" is in agreement w/ "quelques minutes?"

Asked 6 years ago

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Thirza O.A2Kwiziq community member

QUESTION WITH WORDS: qui, que, quoi, quand, ou, comment, pourquoi, combien

Why is it when I asked to be 'kwizzed' on just this lesson, included in the quizz are questions from all of my 'recommended lessons'? How do I go about finding a quiz with just 'question word' questions in order to give me extra practise with question words?

Thanks for your help........Thirza

Asked 4 years ago

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Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

There is a link given to YouTube where it can be watched

Asked 6 years ago

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Totally confused between the passé composé and the imparfait!

I thought I was fairly au fait with this, but this particular exercise has completely tangled me up. Why is it passé composé for "he continued to work"? Surely this is kind of ipso facto a "continuing activity in the past" so I don't get the rationale for it being passé composé. Similarly, surely he was writing beautiful lyrics throughout his career - a continuing activity in the past. So again, why the passé composé and not the imparfait? I'm mind-bogglingly confused here!

Asked 4 years ago

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Nancy M.A2Kwiziq community member

the word "venus"

I don't understand the tense of this verb "venus" used in this sentence

Un festival de courts métrages venus des quatre coins de la planète.

A festival of short films came from 4 corners of the planet.

Asked 6 years ago

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Phil J.A2Kwiziq community member

Hello, I don't see any reference to "Il y a" so just to check. Can you say:

Asked 6 years ago