Sorry for a rather niche question, it may be a situation that doesn’t often arise, but I’m wondering where the COD and COI pronouns go in a sentence with subject-verb inversion? (I found a reference to y and en)

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Discussed before - Les soldes

Every dictionary I have checked confirms that 'les soldes' is masculine (wheareas 'la vente' is feminine, and 'la solde' has a different meaning). Just about every French person (woman) I have asked is surprised to find this to be the case ! However, I think the exercise should at least reflect/indicate the 'correct' usage:

Perhaps a simple note under the heading of the lesson that although 'les soldes' is officially masculine gender, it is very commonly 'misused' in the feminine, and throughout this lesson the 'colloquial' feminine grammatical gender for 'les soldes' has been used.

Just leaving it incorrect doesn't seem to me to be the best option.

Asked 4 years ago

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Elle V.C1Kwiziq community member

Je crois vraiment que

Why is the translation for crois think? Wouldn’t pense make more sense? Thank you!

Asked 2 years ago

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Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'en arrivant dans la maison' versus 'en arrivant à la maison'

I recently read that someone (who is a native speaker and well-informed on grammar and usage) said that it is incorrect to say 'en arrivant à la maison' -- that is is 'en arrivant dans la maison'. While confirming that 'en arrivant au restaurant, ...au musée, ...au théâtre' etc. is correct, they claim that when saying 'arriving at home' the preposition 'dans' must be used. Can someone tell me if this is true, and if it is if it's just "because that's the way it is" or if there's some grammatical explanation? Thank you very much for your help!

Asked 6 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Les sceaux vs. les cachets

I am trying to understand the word, cachet, which I found in another exercise where it meant tablet. I thought it had an additional meaning as a kind of wax seal. Is it not appropriate in this passage as a synonym for sceau ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is Francaise docteur capitalized but astronome francaise is not?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jeff B.C1Kwiziq community member

Traduction de Chanson douce

Chanson douce = lullaby :-)

Asked 5 years ago

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