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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Re: À la salle de jeux vidéos (y versus en) [ Would like an answer from a Kwiziq Expert ]

Bonjour Madame Aurélie !

Thanks for designing this worksheet which was a brain -teaser indeed !

A question which I propose to ask you is regarding this sentence -

Tout ça pour en arriver là !

The English translation suggests “All that to get there !” But I want to ask what is the very need to use an adverbial pronoun en when the English can be interrupted without en ? Secondly , you specified in the English “ to get from there to there” . Does this play an important role in deciding the option between “y/en” as I answered “y” ?

Merci d’avance !

Bonne journée !

Asked 6 years ago

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Susan S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Shouldn't it be "Il faut absolument que nous fassions ramoner ..." Also, I heard the same thing as Ryan "s'il était...."

Asked 7 years ago

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Janet D.C1Kwiziq community member

elle a mangé tout le gâteau

The first 2 answers in the multiple choice list are the same so I chose both and got one wrong. What happened?

Asked 3 years ago

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When one of the subjects is an inanimate object

I'm trying to work out what to do when the two subjects are a person and something inanimate. Basically I want to say "I miss you and Paris" - and can only come up with "Toi et Paris me manquent" which doesn't seem right, or "Toi et Paris me manquez" -which definitely seems wrong! Maybe this is something you just can't say in French?

Asked 4 years ago

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Natasha S.Kwiziq community member

"Elle s’est tourmentée." Do I need the extra e accord for the past tense?

Asked 6 years ago

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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This dawned on me today...

to help me remember which demonstrative pronoun to use. I'm surprised i haven't come across this somewhere else because now it seems obvious to me.

Anyway, thought i'd share in case it can help others.

Think of them like this:

ce-lui

c-eux

c-elle

c-elles

of course, just remove the hyphen and you have your correct demonstrative pronoun!

Asked 7 years ago

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Tammy W.B2Kwiziq community member

In this lesson, in the example:

Asked 7 years ago

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Isabelle S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ooh la-la

I wonder, is the object of this sentence ("la" in) "Tu la suis, ou quoi?" (Are you following her, or what?) part of an expression; a special kind of object pronoun; or just the article for an unspoken feminine object of the sentence (fille/dame)?

Asked 4 years ago

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Helena F.B2Kwiziq community member

Present vs. past subjunctive

In translating "Before we moved to the city when I was 13," I used the past subjunctive, "Avant que nous n'ayons emménagé...". However, you used the present subjunctive, "n'emménagions". Why is that?

Asked 5 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"she looks out of the window" Is it correct to translate as "elle regarde en dehors la fenêtre" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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