Bonjour. Can someone explain the difference? For example, there is a Kwiziq dictée entitled (En Terrasse) but in the dictée "sur la terrasse" is used. Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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Catherine B.B2KwizIQ community member

Do you have any change?

Asked 10 years ago

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Peggie H.A2KwizIQ community member

rendez vous

Why does J'ai rendez-vous not have an article

Asked 7 years ago

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Zain A.A1KwizIQ community member

Dans le vs. au

What is the difference when saying dans le and au for masculine countries? and how to know when to use either? does dans le mean in the country and au means to the country??

Asked 6 years ago

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D. A.A2KwizIQ community member

Passer with être and avoir

In one of the writing challenges, the sentence "As soon as we passed the door," is translated into French as:

Aussitôt que nous avons passé la porte,

In reviewing the grammar topic "Passer can be used with avoir or être in Le Passé Composé... and changes meaning," however, I'm having trouble understanding the usage here. The grammar page says that "passer" is used with être for:

pass by <somewhere>, go past <something/somewhere>, stop by <somewhere>, pop by <somewhere>

In this case, it seems the sentence is "passing by (somewhere)" or "going past (somewhere)"

For avoir, the examples are = spend <some time>, take <a test or exam> , and pass <something> (to someone), none of which seem to match this sentence.

Can someone please explain why using "avoir" instead of "être" is considered correct in this case?

Thank you!

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