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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

en Afrique

Why not "en Afrique" rather than "pour l'Afrique"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Tatiana D.C1Kwiziq community member

Arizona m ou f ?

puis j'irais en Arizona (from fill in the blanks). As I learned from other sources all US states are masculine but 9: la Californie, la Caroline du Nord, la Caroline du Sud, la Floride, la Géorgie, la Louisiane, la Pennsylvanie, la Virginie, la Virginie occidentale. So, Arizona is not feminine ? So shouldn't it be à l'Arizona?

Asked 5 years ago

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Minhaz I.A0Kwiziq community member

Alors ve Donc

Bonjour .

Me being a beginner of the language French, usage of Alors and Donc baffles me.

Can someone help me of how to use both these in practical context.

Merci Beaucoup

Asked 3 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why can’t we say Je voudrais proposer un toast instead of je voudrais porter un toast?

Asked 5 years ago

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STEPHEN W.C1Kwiziq community member

Why "ce qui" and/or Quel ?
Ce qui est essentiel, c'est ça ! / Quel est essentiael What is essential is this!Why is the 2nd sentence wrong ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Hyun Y.A2Kwiziq community member

Adjectives modified by adverbs with 2 or more syllables

I have a question!

Is it ok to use like this?

->C’est la saison vraiment idéale!

Asked 5 years ago

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Mercedes refusée!

Mercedes est refusée!! Est-ce que ce n’était pas le prénom de la petite amie d’Edmond Dante avant qu’il soit emprisonné sur l’Ile de Montecristo?

Asked 5 years ago

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Nancy M.A2Kwiziq community member

Wrong pronunciation of Je

The "je" in this sentence sound like "te". "Je n'en avais jamais entendu parler avant"

Nancy

Asked 5 years ago

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Luis S.A2Kwiziq community member

What is the best way to write this: "the 1st of May" ?

For the above question, I am marked wrong for putting "le 1 mai", with the correct answer being "le 1er mai".

The lesson text implies to me that either are correct. It states that French dates require cardinal not ordinal numbers and includes "un (1)" in the list of examples of cardinal numbers. The "le premier (1er)" is then listed as an exception that "we do use". It is not clear from this whether "1er" must or may be used.

Could this please be clarified?

Asked 3 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Simple Past - why/when?

Hi, the text seems to sometimes, but not that often, use the Passé Simple (e.g. from the text: adoptèrent, acceptèrent).

I know that this tense is used almost exclusively in written, as opposed to spoken, French. Do you have any other guidelines on when this tense is invoked, as it seems to be used only occasionally even in a single piece of written French.

Asked 4 years ago

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