Is it not a hard rule that verbs take être when followed by a preposition? In this phrase, I used avoir, which was wrong but there is no preposition that I can see: Quand vous y (êtes or avez) retourné, le corps avait disparu. Seems like retourner is followed by a noun. I use this method to determine quickly which auxiliary to use so would like to know if there are exceptions. Many thanks.

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Shakir A.A1KwizIQ community member

Why isn’t the Subjonctif Mood used here?

For example why don’t we say « je pense que tu sois gentil » instead of « Je pense que tu es gentil »

Thanks in advance :)

Asked 6 years ago

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Claudia D.B2KwizIQ community member

Gerard’s House writing A-1

In the first sentence Emma: Today I am visiting Gérard’s House your answer is Aujourd’hui je visite la maison de Gérard.

I thought visite is for museums, not peoplés house. For people we should use rendre visite. Please explain

Also, la maison de Gérard, = chez Gérard?

Asked 7 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ses yeux vs. les yeuxI have trained myself to use les yeux, les bras, etc. when referring to body parts. So why ses yeux in this context? As you can see, this exercise precipitated lots of questions from me. I really appreciate that you do these for us and they certainly generate a lot of thinking about word usage. Thanks for the challenge!

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M. F.A1KwizIQ community member

My second question on the test referred to Devonshire, which I assumed to be feminine. After taking the test, I found an explanation that all English countries ending in shire are masculine, but I don't believe it was mentioned in the material of the lesson before the test. If I'm correct that is was not explained beforehand, it doesn't seem like a good question.

Asked 7 years ago

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Lorie R.C1KwizIQ community member

"J'irai finir" versus "je vais finir"

I was wondering why "j'irai finir" is used instead of "je vais finir." Is there a subtle difference in meaning between them? Thanks!

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Shrey R.A1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Judging the accurate choice

Bonjour Madame Cécile !

A sentence provided reads-

1.Les gens...........on a passé une semaine en France, avaient deux chats adorables.

The answer I gave was -> avec qui/avec lesquels.

However, the correct answer was -> chez qui/chez lesquels.

2.Le bâtiment.............tu avais garé ta voiture était juste à côté de la poste.

Here also, Madame , the correct option was devant lequel as opposed to dans lequel.(mentioned by me)

3.Connais-tu le médecin.............. il s’est fait soigner ?

In this case I am confused whether the right answer is chez lequel or par lequel ?

I request you to please provide a grammatical explanation why my options were not the accepted ones.

Merci beaucoup pour votre réponse !

Bonne journée !

Asked 7 years ago

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S. B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Par hasard / au hasard

I thought "par hasard" meant "by chance" and "au hasard" meant "randomly". To me, this is similar to the difficulty in distinguishing au moins/du moins and enfin/finalement.

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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"Du côté droite de la scène se trouve le salon de Scrooge." Can I replace 'Du côté' with 'Au côté'?

What is the difference between 'du côté de' and 'au côté de' ?

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