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Kathleen P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je n'ai toujours pas d'avis tranché sur la question, et vous ?

I knew it must be Je, but it sounded like Tu.

Asked 5 years ago

I WILL EAT YOUR KIDS H.A1Kwiziq community member

leur and lesDoesn't leur and les mean them. so cant it be "Je leur parle" or "je les parle"

Asked 5 years ago

Becky L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why not passé compose

Hi, I really enjoyed this exercise but want clarification on the sentence "Elle était en larmes !"

I would assume that this action was a one-off, not a continual state, so I used the passé compose (Elle a été).

Is it because the sentences prior all used the imparfait?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

Michele L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Une maman epanouie

J'ai utilise "ce nouveau cahot" au lieu de "ce nouveau chaos". Est-il assez pareil en sens?

Asked 5 years ago

Julie H.B1Kwiziq community member

Explain conjugation and agreement rules for faire + infinitif in passé composé

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

No articles with some of the nouns

He does not say 'installent DES projecteurs et DES caméras' as I would have expected. Is what he says an acceptable grammatical alternative?

Asked 5 years ago

Helen R.A2Kwiziq community member

punctuation in dictation

A million years ago when I was at school doing French dictees, the teacher would read out the punctuation. Would it be possible to do that, too? I don't feel like docking points off my score because I put a full stop rather than an exclamation mark!

Asked 5 years ago

Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Is complète an acceptable alternative to 'finit' ?

Is complète an acceptable alternative to 'finit' ?

My understanding is that for a general comment, 'C'est' is used when followed by any determiner.

Asked 5 years ago

Kyombo C.C1Kwiziq community member

mean "I had to", "I must have"and "I had had to", could you please give several examples to explain this usage. Thx

Asked 5 years ago

Kyombo C.C1Kwiziq community member

Hello, It seems I am there are not many people looking at this topic currently..my question is on conjugation the example of "J'avais dû" where it can

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