"Jacques est descendu du haricot magique." was translated to: "Jack got off the magic beanstalk." I answered, "Jack climbed down the beanstalk" and it was marked wrong. Larousse clearly states that "descendre de" (using etre as the auxiliary verb) means "climb or climb down". Hence, my confusion.

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Priti Arora K.A0Kwiziq community member

Why is it son année sabbatique and not sa année sabbatique

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

French horn

Is the French horn simply "cor" in France?

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Sebastian S.A1Kwiziq community member

Why mieux and not meilleur?

So I was reading one of these examples and I noticed that mieux was used instead of meilleur. I think meilleur would fit better as it compares two nouns (ta voiture and la mienne). Can anyone please clarify? The phrase is as follows:

J'aime bien ta voiture, elle est mieux que la mienne.

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Les points médians

That was an interesting article that Maarten linked regarding the inclusive French writing which is being promoted by various people. I am interested in how they pronounce words with middle dots such as "militant.e.s" or "ecrivain.e.s" (or are they only used in writing for the moment?)

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Jim J.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

French noun Vague (as in sea wave) countable or uncountable?

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Settled on

I wonder how one is supposed to arrive at jeté mon dévolu for settled on.

I chose choisir which seems to me to capture the sense but wasn’t credited.7

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