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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

What does y represent

1)I just did a quiz on futur proche. One answer was: Demain, j'y verrai plus clair. (Tomorrow, I will see more clearly.) What does y represent here?

2) Ils sont vus des animaux en Afrique? Oui, ils y en a vus. If only a single adverbial pronoun is acceptable, which one do I select?

Thanks in advance

Asked 5 years ago

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Charles B.C1Kwiziq community member

Direct Object Rule

“Elles ne l’ont pas fait exprès” does NOT follow the direct object rule, and the lesson states this clearly. Is this because this is a case of le/la referring to a concept, so it’s not a direct object? Could their be a sentence in which a direct object would be used, and therefore require agreement?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jane B.B1Kwiziq community member

Correct use of "Allons- y" ?

Je suis une sage-femme, je rencontre mes clients à la réception et ensuite nous allons dans la salle d’examen, est-ce que je pourrais dire " allons-y" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'How come' questions that refer to the person asking the question (and not to someone else).

If I ask a 'how come' question that refers to myself (and not to someone else), presumably the subjunctive does not apply? For example: -

"How come I'm not in the football team?" this presumably would not attract the subjunctive??

I only ask because other subjunctive lessons state:

'When something happens so that / in order that someone else does something in French'

Asked 5 years ago

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Stephen L.A2Kwiziq community member

Why "Elle sent la vanille" and not "elle goût la vanille"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Hyun Jeong P.A2Kwiziq community member

I have a question

I found a sentence "Voyons ce qu’a fait Caillou aujourd’hui."

I wonder why it is not "Voyons ce que Caillou a fait aujourd’hui."

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Julie M.A0Kwiziq community member

Madame vs. Mme

Why can't I write it Madame Lepic instead of Mme?

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Heather W.C1Kwiziq community member

Better for a usage vs general statement about being better using être.

I understand why “Quel est le meilleur aspirateur? “ uses meilleur but would the answer to that question in a shop be “Cet aspirateur est mieux que ceux-là.”, or Cet aspirateur est meilleur que ceux. Is a general statement (using mieux) able to be used for comparing two specific objects the speakers are pointing to, trying on, testing out, deciding between?

In the negative half of the lesson, the adjective plus mauvais seems to be used for similarly structured sentences. Mon accent est plus mauvais que le tien. and Ses résultats sont plus mauvais que l'année dernière.

Asked 6 years ago

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Alan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ancien before a nouns means former

In a recent French reading practice Port Grimaud is described as “ un ancien village typique”. The side-by side translation describes it as “a typical old village”. The lesson on the use of ancien tells us that when used before a noun it means former therefore why is it translated as old in this context?

Asked 3 years ago

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April S.C1Kwiziq community member

sentir vs se sentir

test question asked for "I feel nothing". I put "Je me sens rien" and it was marked incorrect. The correct answer was "Je sens rien". Please explain.

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