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Helen G.A1Kwiziq community member

Words which should be added to the vocabulary for this exercise!

Several words should be added to the vocabulary to be checked in advance of this exercise: la corvée, la lessive, l'aspirateur, tri des déchets, la poubelle et le lave-vaisselle.

These are not A1 level words!

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est vs ilest

Why is it c'est pierre and not il est pierre?

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Vikki W.C1Kwiziq community member

Que + sub or si + imperative

Chris if you're still there can you help with this please? You said

Il se demandait si elle viendrait. -- He wondered whether she’d come. (Indirect speech)

Je me demande qu’elle vienne. -- I wonder whether she’s coming. (Direct speech)

But the lesson says

"je me demande si tu vas venir ou pas.

I wonder whether you'll come or not
So it seems to me that "Je me demande" is used with "si" + imperative and not que + subjunctive. Can you throw any light on this please?

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't get the position of the adverb "probablement" in a negated sentence here? I don't think you have a lesson on it?

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Natasha R.B2Kwiziq community member

We are leaving at 4

Hello -

For "We are leaving at 4", I chose, "Nous quittons à quatre heures" instead of "Nous partons à quatre heures", because the lesson says partir must be followed by de or pour when it is not used on its own. Why is "Nous partons à quatre heures" correct? And why is "Nous quittons à quatre heures" wrong?

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emre can c.A2Kwiziq community member

Place of "magnifique"

Why does the place of "magnifique" varies in the sentences below though it's neither an adjective that qualifies a proper noun nor a numerical adjective?

J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques.

Il a mangé de magnifiques gâteaux.

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Expecting and waiting

Can someone please explain when to use "s'attendre à" versus "attendre" when talking about expecting? Expecting someone to do something - I was thinking that first sentence might have been "Laissez-moi vous expliquer ce que l'on s'attend à vous" (using the verb "s'attendre à") for "Let me explain what we expect of you", but instead the construction is "... que l'on attend de vous", using "attendre" which I associated with waiting rather than expecting.

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Some questions..

Dear all, some queries:

1. Could "I'd been certain" is translated as "je m'étais senti certain" ?

2. Could "la chance n'était pas de mon côté" have been translated as "les chances n'étaient pas de mon côté" ?

3. Could "Nous serions ensuite allés dans sa nouvelle maison" be translated as "Nous serions allés ensuite à sa maison neuve" ? Queries here about "dans sa nouvelle maison" vs "à sa maison neuve" and also about the position of "ensuite" in the sentence.

4. Could "que j'aurais fait meubler au préalable" be translated as "que j’aurais fourni en avance" ?

5. Could "au fil des ans" have been translated as "pendant les années" ?

Thanks in advance as always.

Thanks

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