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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

I came across the following nuance recently...

'Je ne peux pas entendre' versus 'Je n'entends pas' . Do these 2 sentences translate differently as the 1st indicates there is an external reason for not hearing (music too soft), while the 2nd indicates an inherent hearing loss (deafness)? Does this apply to other Modal verbs? If so, examples really help with understanding. Thanks in advance.

Asked 5 years ago

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Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

De nombreuse/nombreux

In the sentence ‘Notre nouvelle édition s’est enrichie des nombreux artistes...’ I wonder if ‘des’ should be changed to ‘de’ as per the lesson. If not, could you please explain why.

Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Mouhammad A.C1Kwiziq community member

What is she going to buy?

My answer "qu'est-ce qu'elle va acheter?" was marked wrong. Why?

Asked 4 years ago

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Y or ici.. When to use

M'y answer feels awkward and is clearly wrong but i cannot find anywhere on the site that deals with when you need to use ici rather than ils n'y habitent plus in this situation... Think it needs là as well.

The help just takes you to ne..plus

Ils habitent ici? - Non, ils ________. Do they live here? - No, they don't live here any more.n'habitent plus icin'y habitent plus

Asked 4 years ago

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Henryk G.B2Kwiziq community member

En ou ès

Why it says "docteur ès sciences mathématiques" rather than "docteur en sciences mathématiques"? Does it have different meaning?

Asked 5 years ago

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Mike A.C1Kwiziq community member

Interdire usage

Bonjour! I saw that interdire was used as follows: "....interdit aux buralistes de..." My question is: why are we using "à" in this phrase? In Spanish, we use a personal "a" in front of people but I don't know if that's the case in French. Would be very grateful for an explanation, thanks!

Asked 3 years ago

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Ted M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Comment est-ce qu'un faire quand un a le rheum?

Asked 4 years ago

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Diego M.C1Kwiziq community member

Les décorations ________ tu as achetées sont très belles.

Hey, in this question I understand why the answer is "que," but why is "achetées" matching "les décorations" if it's preceded by "avoir" instead of "être"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Laura D.A2Kwiziq community member

numbers in english and french

I have never seen 14.052 in English. I missed this one but still don't understand what it means. The French is

14 052.

Asked 5 years ago

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Muhammad I.A0Kwiziq community member

Mettre en valeur

Hello,

Please I want to know verb like " mettre en valeur" , consists of three parts, I want to know the name of the family of such verb?