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Sarah H.B1KwizIQ community member
Au or aux?

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

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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.
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Guilherme S.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
D'habitude at the beginning of a sentence

Can we use "d'habitude" at the beginning of a sentence?

"D'habitude, je ne prends pas le train."

Merci

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H. A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
"au-dessous/dessus de" v "sous/sur"

What is the rule for using "au-dessous/dessus de" rather than "sous/sur"?

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Liz G.B2KwizIQ community member
Verbs followed by prepositions

How do you remember whether to use de or à after a verb. 

Asked 6 years ago
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Carol W.KwizIQ community member
What is the proper order of Subject pronoun if asking an inverted question in the passé composé?

 Is "T'ai-je déjà envoyé cet article" correct? Wouldn't hurt to be sure the adverb is also usually before the non-declined part of the verb ; ).

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Catherine C.B1KwizIQ community member
Il fait trop chaud pour une sauce bolognaise !...avec un peu d'oignon et d'ail. -  Il fait trop chaud pour une sauce bolognaise !


In this sentence, the word 'chaud' is referring the warm temperature outside, or does it mean spicy? as the words onion and garlic were mentioned preceding this. 

Does the word 'chaud' means spicy as well as high in temperature just like in english?

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Avoir v Être

the lesson says: To express after + -ing / after having + past participle in French, you use the same following structure:

après + Infinitif passé (= infinitive of auxiliary (être or avoir) + past participle

ATTENTION:
Use the same auxiliary as in compound tenses like Le Passé Composé. 

But all the examples are using avoir. Could you expand a little about using être in this situation? Thanks!

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Cornelia H.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Ordinal numbers

I wrote out « dix-septième siècle » instead of « XVIIe siècle », but was counted off for that. Is it not correct to spell out the ordinal numbers?


Thank you

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ming z.A2KwizIQ community member
Not understanding the title of this lesson

Hello,

I don't really understand the title of this lesson. What does the (not -ant) mean at the end?


Thank you very much.


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