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Carol L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Need for "je suis" to be added to "d'accord"

Why is there a need to add "je suis" to "d'accord?" There are only 2 people in this conversation, so it would seem obvious that the one is agreeing with the other without identifying himself. It's a bit cumbersome and wordy, esp in spoken interaction. Do people actually talk like that in real life???

Asked 5 years ago

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Ianhunter L.C1Kwiziq community member

agreement of past participles for reflexive verbs

I naively thought that, given that all reflexive verbs take être as their auxiliary, they would always agree in gender and number when requiring a past participle. Is there any simple method I can apply to identify the exceptions to the rule

Asked 5 years ago

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prem v.Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi est le français très important

Asked 6 years ago

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A C.A2Kwiziq community member

Parler conjugation

At 1:04 in the video, it shows "tu parle à Marie". Isn't "parler" conjugated "tu parles" in 2nd person singular?

Asked 5 years ago

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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

New lesson

Great lesson but didn’t see it til I failed a test question:(. Is there a way to find new lessons easily if one has already gotten 100% on all existing lessons? Merci

Asked 7 years ago

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N. M.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Elle est vs c'est

In one of the answers to a test it says

Est-ce ta trousse? - Oui, c'est la mienne.Is this your pencil case? - Yes, this is mine.
Going by this lesson here, would it be correct to say
Est-ce ta trousse? - Oui, elle est la mienne.Is this your pencil case? - Yes, it is mine.
The difference being between THIS and IT.

Asked 5 years ago

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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.

Asked 4 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Tu es enfin debout/ Tu es enfin levé

An alternative given for "You finally got up" was "Tu es enfin levé". I thought it would be "tu t'es enfin levé" (as the reflexive verbe is "se lever"). Just wondering if this was a typo, or am I missing something? Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a system whereby I can be notified of further correspondence in this chain?

Asked 6 years ago

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Kris R.A0Kwiziq community member

I think when I was learning French years ago I was taught, "Qui est-ce que vous êtes?" to make the question with est-ce que. Is that too formal?

Asked 6 years ago

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