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Carolyn S.A1Kwiziq community member

Writing numbers in French and English

The question was how would you write 78,005 in English. It didn’t say how do you write this decimal number. I wondered if it was but chose to go with thousands and not a decimal number because it was not specified.

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How would one say "My feet feel good"?

I get that "Mes pieds sentent bon" means "My feet smell good." So how would one say "My feet feel good"?

Would it be "Mes pieds se sentent bien" ? I got confused because the subject is "mes pieds" not me. (?)

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Chesca M.A1Kwiziq community member

J'en vaux vraiment la peine vs Ça vaut la peine

Bonjour!

Why does "J'en vaux vraiment la peine" have en whereas "Ça vaut la peine" doesn't? I've encountered the latter phrase before but with en (i.e. Ça en vaut la peine).

Will appreciate further clarity on this :)

Merci!

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

à l’espace/Dans l’espace?

Can we say je me suis toujours intéressé dans l’espace or en espace…. Pls explain

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Elijah N.C1Kwiziq community member

"Aimer bien" or "aimer"?

This isn't really related to the lesson itself, but in the little quiz under the lesson, for "Je l'aime bien qu'il soit un peu paresseux." the answer was "I love him although he's a bit lazy." (which I answered correctly so no questions on "bien que") but isn't "aimer bien" is closer to "like" than "love" as taught in your lesson about this verb?

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

pour queI used "afin que" in the last sentence. Kwizbot corrected me to "pour que". However, I see in the text above that "afin que" is employed. I suspect these are interchangeable in any event.

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

je te l'avais dit

I don't see why this is plus que parfait. This refers to an action completed in the past. Seems to me "je te l'ai dit" would serve just as well or better.

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Elijah N.C1Kwiziq community member

"De" article only in "nombreux"?

So I got a little confused: Why is there no "de" before "quelques", "plusieurs" etc? Why doesn't the rule of "de" before adjectives that precede nouns apply here?

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

To pitch a tent

Is the expression “planter une tente” out of date or is the concept slightly different ? I checked in the Oxford Dictionary for “to pitch a tent” and that’s what it came up with. In a way “monter une tente” makes perfect sense so i’m curious about “planter”

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Longtemps in the last line is not at all clear.

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