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Brenda T.C1Kwiziq community member

Why could I not use " ne point" for the negative "not at all" instead of "pas du tout"?

Asked 7 years ago

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Bhavani S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

J'achète de beaux draps

salut tout le monde!!

J'ai une doute. Quand on utilise de (avant adjectives de pluriel) le sens de phrase, par exemple, l'anglais- I buy -some sheets. n'est pas; mais le traduction donnée n'est pas raison. tout fois, Je regarde de belles collines -Il doit traduire l'anglais- "i am watching some beautiful hills" ce qui n'est présent dans cette options. vous pouvez expliquer, sil-vous-plait

Asked 4 years ago

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K. T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Expression: "...comme le veut la tradition"

I find this expression interesing: "comme le veut la tradition". Is there a specific lesson for that?

Would it work also in these examples? E.g. "The cake was made of chocolate, like how he wanted it." "The red coat is more beautiful, as she says."

Thank you

Asked 6 years ago

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Ali W.B2Kwiziq community member

Should the translation be 'soft sheet' rather than 'sweet sheet' in the example?

Asked 7 years ago

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Susan S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of subjunctive after après que?

Hi, nice passage. I thought that the indicative tense is used after "après que" while the subjection with the expletive "ne" is used after "avant que." Could you please clarify as the past subjunctive is used after "après que" in the text. Merci !

Asked 6 years ago

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Chapel H.A2Kwiziq community member

It is [person's name]

In a quiz:

Q: Qui est cet homme?

A: C’est Marc Dupré.

Why C'est and not Il est?

The first rule in the lesson for C’est is that you use it if it/he/she is followed by un/une/le/la or another article. That is not the case here.

The second rule is to use C'est to express general, unspecific statements and opinions, referring to a thing generally, as in something unspecified is great or delicious, like "Science is fun!". But here, the answer is identifying a specific person, Marc Dupré, not a general concept.

Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is "je me suis toujours intéressé" perfect here and not imperfect when it's clearly describing something with no clear time frame?

Asked 5 years ago

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