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Kathleen B.A2Kwiziq community member

I have some confusion about synonyms

When does one use the word "menage" to mean "household"? And when is "bizarre" the right word for "weird"

Asked 5 years ago

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Gautam D.A2Kwiziq community member

Definite articles with countries

I understand that, as a general rule, in French, we add definite articles before a country’s name. E.g.: J’aime la France. However, I also understand that if the country’s name comes after “de”, and the country is feminine, then, we omit the definite article. E.g.: Je viens de France. However, I am terribly confused by the phrase “Au service de la France” - why is there a definite article after “de” in this phrase?

Asked 4 years ago

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R. E.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

this lesson does not advise when one would use either faire or être

Bonjour. I read the lesson. The lesson does not seem to advise when it is appropriate or better to use être or faire. Does it absolutely not matter? Or are there situations where être may be better to use than faire, or vice versa? Merci.

Asked 7 years ago

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will w.B1Kwiziq community member

apres+infinitive

In the quiz above, there was a question about the sentence:

Après manger, les filles feront leurs devoirs

I was slightly confused as I would have written this sentences as "apres avoir mange" (with appropriate accents) at the beginning and not apres manger. In this lesson it seems to imply that to write apres+infinitive is wrong: Après avoir fait = After doing in French (auxiliary avoir)

I think I may be missing something and would appreciate some help. Is manger being used as a noun here maybe?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"On" vs "nous"Instead of

"D'abord, nous apprenons les mots de Pâques"

would it be acceptable to say

"D'abord, on apprend les mots de Pâques"

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The reason given for the imparfait in "mes mains n'arrêtait pas de trembler" is continuing action, but the lesson teaches that continuing action

would translate as: mes mains were not stopping trembling. I get very confused over this particular usage. Most of the use of imparfait that I get wrong are due to this rule. Could you explain it better?

Asked 7 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can we say ... Puis je payer en cash instead of puis je payer en éspeces?

Asked 5 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Subject pronouns in subjunctive

Hi,

I have a question about conjugating the verb in the sentence when you have two subject pronouns.

The sentence is below

Je doute que vous comprendre______ l'importance de cet evenement.