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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Negation in sentence above

Would "Nous ne reconnaissons pas vous" be an acceptable alternative to "Nous ne vous reconnaissons pas" ? Why is ne..pas wrapped around two words in your sentence?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jean P.C1Kwiziq community member

Telling time

Please can someone help. I have just had « Il est neuf heures quinze » marked as incorrect, the correct answer being « Il est neuf heures et quart ». I had thought either would be OK. Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is the prepositions in the following sentences used correctly with 'copier'?

1) To copy (record) something onto a notebook : copier qch. dans un carnet ?

2) To copy (fraudulently) the exercise from a friend : copier l'exercice sur un ami ?

3) To copy some sentences from a book : copier des phrases sur un livre ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Talina O.C1Kwiziq community member

Where is the vocabulary themes tab?

Nicole, I do not see a ‘vocabulary themes’ tab. Where is that?

Asked 6 years ago

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a. s.C1Kwiziq community member

Which other verbs are conjugated in the same way as "coudre, moudre, absoudre"?

Asked 7 years ago

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Stéphane R.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of hais and hait

Isn’t the pronunciation rather è than é, since ai says è, such as in j’ai and j’aime.

Asked 4 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Être or avoir

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.

Asked 5 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dans vs en

Since the reference to the laboratory is general, why is it not en laboratoire? In the lesson being dans la classe is specific but en classe is general....

Asked 6 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Madame Aurélie , Maybe I noticed a minor typo

Bonjour Madame Aurélie,

While doing a test named “Conte de fées” I landed up at a mysterious sentence -

Le père était àgé et sortirait rarement de son lit, alors sa fille devait s’occuper du jardin et des animaux.

Here I would like to ask you why a dû was marked incorrect although the English translation specifies ‘so his daughter had to take care of the garden .....’ . I read your lesson which states that one uses Passé Composé for an obligation that was very well met. And here too is the same case.

The link to the test -

https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/tests/take/2581800

Please help me to figure out the correct option as I am not very clear with this concept.

Merci d’avance !

Bonne journée!

Asked 6 years ago

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Kathleen B.A2Kwiziq community member

Why is "dessus" not mentioned? Doesn't it mean "on top of"?

Asked 5 years ago

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