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Farhana b.Kwiziq community member

"Faire" verb

May I use "faire" verb to make tea/coffee or other drinks? May I use faire instead of preparer?

What will be th tranations of these questions? I can make a good cup of tea/ I make tea well/ I was making tea

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Re" in front of the verb?

when the "re" comes before the verbs(for example redonner) does it give the verbs the meaning of again and back everytime? or does it change according to the verbs?
for example:
Je lui ai redonné son style: I gave back him his pen(?)
Je lui ai redonné mon stylo: I gave him my pen again(?)

thanks for comments

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is an accent needed for dinatoires

In the expression, apéritifs dinatoires, is a circumflex needed over the first -i in dînatoires?

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reason for hint? What am I missing?

Hidden in my bedroom, I'd tied the flowers with a pretty bow. HINT: Gaspard is speaking (man).

Dissimulé dans ma chambre, j'avais lié (or attaché) les fleurs avec un joli nœud.

Why do we have this hint? What would change if the speaker were female?

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passé Composé or Plus-que-parfait“I snuck into the woods behind our house.” Is translated as: “je m'étais faufilé dans la forêt derrière la maison”. But shouldn’t this be Passé Composé (j’ai faufilé) instead of Plus-que-parfait.

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Mary Anne B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Pu" sounded like "plus"

In "J'aurais pu changer ..." I kept hearing and "l" in "pu." Did anybody else hear this, too?

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Adrienne H.C1Kwiziq community member

Spelling of the adverb tout/tout/toutes before an adjective in feminine formIn the "Le 14 juillet en famille - Tout" quiz linked to Laura's Newletter of 16Jul21, there is one answer I do not understand. It is in the sentence "Avant de se mettre en route, on se réunit tous devant la maison pour que ma grand-mère, toute habillée de bleu" . I wrote "tout habillée" but the correction is given as "toute habillée". I think that in this sentence, tout/toute is an adverb complementing the adjective, habillée. Habillée is in the feminine form to agree with "Elle". I thought in this situation, the adverb, tout, changed to agree ONLY when the adjective was feminine AND began with a consonant or an aspirated h……. I believe habillée begins with a mute h. I would be grateful if you can explain why it should be toute habillée in this case. Thank you. A.

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Kevin J.A2Kwiziq community member

avoir envie/ avoir besoin de

For me, avoir envie means would like, or wants..., whereas avoir besoin de indicates a need. This distinction seems borne out by the lesson itself, where avoir envie is NOT shown as an alterntive to avoir besoin de...In your lesson you say that in some/certain cases avoir envie can mean "need", but there are no examples of this and there's no explanation. Looking at the examples, it appears that avoir envie CAN mean "need": IF it is followed by "aller". I agree with Sandra (below). This matter shouls not be tested until the distinction is made clear.

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Word missing?

I also love inventing my own shish kebab skewers........

There is no option for 'also' included in the french translations.

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Chuot M.A1Kwiziq community member

Can you put the french words in bold. Thank you.

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