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Gilberts I.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is "qui" incorrect here?

The questions asks for possible translations of "Liliane's son, whom I told you about, lives in Angers."?The following option is marked incorrect, but I don't understand why.

Le fils de Liliane, qui je t'ai parlé de, habite à Angers.

I get that I need to distinguish between Liliane and her son, so the best option is to use "duquel", but if "dont" and "à qui" are accepted, why is "qui" not accepted?

Asked 4 years ago

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Marc M.C1Kwiziq community member

using le as a pronounI should know this, but can you tell me when using le as a pronoun which comes after the preposition 'de' is the rule that it never becomes' Du'?

I incorrectly did that with the following sentence

Mais quand ma meilleure amie Miriam a décidé de le faire

Asked 5 years ago

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Sarah H.B1Kwiziq community member

Au or aux?

Why is au used with Pays de Galles and not aux?

Asked 5 years ago

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M. M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Shouldn't this use dû instead of devaient?

According to the lesson linked to in this exercise ( Using "devoir" in the imperfect tense versus the compound past in French (L'Imparfait vs Le Passé Composé) ) "mes parents devaient" would mean "my parents were supposed to" and "mes parents ont dû" would mean "my parents had to." The exercise asked us to translate, "My parents had to drive me" so If this exercise isn't incorrect, then that lesson on Devoir is missing important information of some kind.

Asked 6 years ago

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Mitchell C.A1Kwiziq community member

Notre + verb conjugation

For the sentence "je joue au beach volley avec Lydia et notre équipe gagne", why is "gagner" take the form of "gagne" instead of "gagnons"? I would think since it is "our team winning" it would be "notre équipe gagnons", but I think I am missing something here!

Asked 4 years ago

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

We are only twenty once

Would this be incorrect: "On n'a vingt ans qu'une fois" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Gregory M.B2Kwiziq community member

avoir besoin de agreement

in the expression j'ai peur de....the de changes with the object j'ai peur des chats....what about avoir besoin de or avoir envie de...those don't change? Why? Merci, Bruce

Asked 5 years ago

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Andy D.A0Kwiziq community member

Confuse. Ils se sentent seuls -> why using "Se"not leur as the object is ILS. Possive adjective of ILS is leur not se.Ils se sentent seuls -> why using "Se"not leur as the object is ILS. Possive adjective of ILS is leur not se.

Asked 5 years ago

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David M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

baseball cap, tennis racquet, door knob

Could you add some clarification re: wedding bells, baseball cap, tennis racquet, door knob, golf club, soccer ball, soccer field, sunglasses, Christmas tree, water tank, bus stop, fire truck, etc.

By your lesson, these should all be “à” (what something is designed for), but in fact this whole genre is “de”.

Specifically, why is it “boîte à bijoux” and not “boîte de bijoux” ? Other than convention.

Clearly, these are not just a few exceptions, but an entire class of compound nouns (open form, noun+noun) that is not covered in the lesson.

Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Priti Arora K.A0Kwiziq community member

Is Je endors les enfants correct for I am putting children to sleep

Asked 5 years ago

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