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Michele L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why isn't the phrase "Before they went to live over there" not in the subjonctif passe? I am not sure the answers thus far are sufficient.

Asked 5 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of "plus"

Is there one place where the pronunciation of "plus" is explained? I'm halfway through A1 and it seems sometimes the "s" is pronounced and other times not. I did a search but just came up with lots of individual cases. Are there any general rules stated in one place or is it all idiosyncratic except for the liaisons? Thanks!

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ian e.C1Kwiziq community member

Passer la premiere rather than passez la premier

In the fourth line : Why is it not ‘passer la premiere’ because the driving instructor is requesting two things: (veuillez) ‘appuyer doucement’ and ‘passer au premier’

Asked 5 years ago

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SC V.C1Kwiziq community member

etait donne?

Is "etait donne" (with accents) definitely correct here? it's not "etant donne"? thanks

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Going to the art gallery or the park

In this exercise, can we substitute the preposition “à” for “dans” in any or all of these sentences:

1. Nous irions ensemble dans des galeries d’art (ou à des galeries d’art) ?

2. Nous pourrions manger dans un bon bistrot (ou à un bon bistrot) ?

3. Je l’emmènerais dans un charmant petit parc (ou à un charmant petit parc) ?

I put “à” for (1) and (3) and wondered if it was acceptable alternative, similar to saying “on va au cinéma” ou “à la boulangerie”.

Asked 5 years ago

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

jusqu’au jour où Jean Valjean s’enfuirait avec moiI think that it may be a bit long winded but could I have said “jusqu’à ce que le jour où Jean Valjean s’enfuie avec moi ?

Asked 6 years ago

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G. H.B2Kwiziq community member

Can a direct object be used with 'en' (le, la, l', les etc) as it is with 'y'?

Is it that the sentence construction - eg the verb - will never need a direct pronoun with 'en' as happens with 'y'?

Or is it the the examples just haven't shown a direct object?

Asked 4 years ago

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Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

passe compose with avoir

When using avoir as the auxilliary verb in the passe compose, I thought that the past participle had to agree with the direct object... so in the previous exercise there was:

"Nous avons nouri nos chiens" ...are not les chiens the direct object of the verb in that sentence?

"il a fini ses devoirs" ...are not les devoirs the direct object of that sentence...?

...I guess I have got something very wrong here... grateful for any guidance...

Michael

Asked 5 years ago

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Brionybeaven L.B2Kwiziq community member

Query relating to answer keyWhy was my answer ‘Où mets-je mes chaussures?’ marked as merely nearly right, with the only right answer being ‘Où je mets mes chaussures?’ ?

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Jean d.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

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