I’m interested to know if this common usage of "a present tense for the immediate future" has a snappier grammatical name in either English or French? Also just to check I have this right: it’s an informal way to talk about events that are both soon and definite.

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Rebecca L.C1Kwiziq community member

Why does tous les mois mean every month?

According to the above rule, each/every month should only be chaque mois, since "chaque" goes with a singular noun, and "tous les" goes with a plural noun. How is "mois" plural? Just because it has an "s" at the end? Very confusing. Please help!

Asked 2 years ago

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W. L.C1Kwiziq community member

So basically, "quoi" is accusative case, right?

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

when to use que, qui, ce que, ce qui

I find it seems to work to use que or qui if you could subsitiute the word 'that' and ce que or ce qui if you have to use 'which'. Any contrary examples?

Asked 4 years ago

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N. M.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

verb subject order

In the text it says:

que consommait la population pauvre de Bretagne

The translation says:

that Brittany's poor population used to eat.

The French seems to say:

that was eaten the poor population of Brittany

If the English translation is right, then the population is the subject in which case the verb subject order should be different, or, the French actually says "that was eaten by the poor population of Brittany" and so it should say

que consommait par la population pauvre ...

Asked 5 years ago

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Dan M.C1Kwiziq community member

Why use "y" instead of "lui" as an indirect object? Essentially, you are calling this an adverbial pronoun rather than an idirect object pronoun.

Asked 6 years ago

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