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Nil L.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is "de dents" instead of "des dents"?

two rows of white teeth.

I wrote

"deux rangées des dents blanche"

but the answer is

"deux rangées de dents blanche"

Why is "de dents" instead of "des dents"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Derek B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is it incorrect to repeat si when answering in the affirmative to questions posed in the negative? "Si, v. "si si"

"Si si, ..." -- I hear this all the time, but it doesn't seem to be an accepted answer. Is it just because it is technically redundant? Does it lower the register to use two "si" ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Babit L.A2Kwiziq community member

Kindly solve the following doubts:

•Quelle est la différence entre "étudiant" et "élève"

•Also please tell me how many total tenses are there in French

Kindly list them for me...

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

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Rod B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Would fly .. volerait?

I was marked wrong for writing: “On volerait de Paris..” instead of “On prendrait l’avion de Paris...”. Can you please explain? Thanks

Rod

Asked 5 years ago

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Jean d.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why does this vocabulary page not include the gendered article?!

Asked 5 years ago

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Lamach H.A1Kwiziq community member

Conjugate etre.

What about "Nous, Ils/elles, they aren't used with this verb?

Asked 4 years ago

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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of historic present

We are asked to use the historic present for one small section and then revert to the past tenses. I’m not clear why there is that change. Whenever I have seen the historic present used at various sites, they maintain it all the way through.

Asked 4 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Passer par chez Laura

Hi. Is there a mistake when you translate the sentence 'Yann passera par chez Laura après le travail' as 'Yann will pop by Laura' s place after work.' and not

' Yann will pass by Laura's place after work. ' as it should translate. Omitting the' par' will mean 'pop by',.

Please correct this as the many uses of passer / se passer / passer devant, par/ are confusing enough without this mistake. Pekka J

Asked 3 years ago

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Emily S.A0Kwiziq community member

What does depeche in the passage mean?

Help me plsssss

Asked 1 year ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

futur antérieur after quand

I used "une antilope aura chasée par un lion" withe the correct answer being "sera chassée" I thought it was always futur anterior after quand? I can see there are examples in the lesson but I am not clear when each one is used.

Asked 4 years ago

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