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Charles T.C1KwizIQ community member

Can you use "signifier"?"Alors ça veut dire que votre clignotant arrière gauche est cassé". Could you also say "Alors ça signifie que votre clignotant arrière gauche est cassé"? Google Translate seems to think so, but I'd be interested in your view.

Asked 7 years ago

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David S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

She has always liked this instrument

This is translated by Kwiziq and others as "elle a toujours aimé cet instrument" so I expect that is correct but why is it not "elle aimait toujours cet instrument"?

The action is not completed, it is ongoing. Why doesn't that make L'Imparfait the appropriate tense?

Asked 8 years ago

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Tom G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

abîmer vs gâcherFor the sentence, Je pense qu'ils gâchent un sport intéressant, is abîmer, an acceptable alternative to gâcher to say "spoil". Please explain the different usages of the two words.

Asked 5 years ago

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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

How does the recent past structure work with pronouns and reflexives?

Example: Tu es aller à la poste? If one wanted to avoid repetition, where should any pronouns be placed? Provision of examples would help greatly. Thanks heaps!

Asked 6 years ago

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Kathleen P.C1KwizIQ community member

agreement of noun and adjective

Why is it "après-midis entières" and not "entiers" since "midi" is masculine?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jade A.A0KwizIQ community member

awesome essay good no words to describe it

excellent essay

Asked 5 years ago

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Lincoln H.C1KwizIQ community member

Meaning of "on their own"

I'm a little confused about what it means in the article when it says that "le jour suivant" or "le jour précédent" have to be used "on their own". Does that mean that they can't be directly followed by a noun or a verb, or just that you can't specify time of day by adding "au matin"? The section following where it says they have to be used on their own mentions that you can combine them with nouns (ex: "le jour suivant son arrestation"), so I'm not entirely clear on the "only on their own" part. Hopefully I'm not just missing something obvious. Thanks in advance for your help!

Asked 6 years ago

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Bill A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Bonsoir - could someone help me with the below sentence?

Je ne partirai pas d'ici à moins que nous ne décidions où nous allions/irons?

Ou peut-être:

Je ne paritrai pas d'ici à moins que nous ne décidions où aller?

Asked 7 years ago

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Raleigh T.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of Saoul

Your pronunciation of Saoul sounds to me like soo in English, with no "a" sound.

Asked 5 years ago

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White L.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

PC versus Imparfait

Why is is imparfait used in this sentence? L'écureuil allait plus vite que lui... I would have considered the phrase part of the story chronology-- not background/description. Or should I "translate" it as The squirrel was faster than him... since it is a comparison of speed? Merci?

Asked 7 years ago

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