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Steven J.A0Kwiziq community member

Vous vous appelez

What is the reason why the repeat the words like vous in "vous vous appelez?" Is there any history about it? Im just curious, thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Verb forms in the examples.

Hi. Elsa eats and I buy.. Shouldn't you rather use the progressive form in the translations, Elsa is eating and I am buying, as the simple present denotes habitual or repeated actions, as if Elsa were eating them every day and I buying new sheets daily ?

Pekka J

Helsinki

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Missing audio “de”?In “Salut Mathilde, ça te dirait de passer au magasin de fripes au kilo ?” Is the 2nd “de” really there in the audio, or is it in fact just “…au magasin fripes…”?

Asked 3 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Multiple Choice

I think Kwizik always uses "Multiple choice" questions for this section. Could you include a question where we have to write the answer or part of the answer.

Asked 5 years ago

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mon k.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Feminine Baby?

Are the baby names inherently masculine, or do they have female counterparts too, such as un chiot --> une chiotte; un chaton --> une chatonne etc?

Asked 4 years ago

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barbara &.A1Kwiziq community member

why is chocolate spelled with and without an 'e' in french? ...ton dessert chocolaté; ... les éclairs au chocolat aussi.

Asked 2 years ago

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of Devoir

In exercise "Fishing with my father C1". Could you please explain the use of devais in

je ne devais pas avoir plus de dix ans. If it's; I mustn't have been... isn't that the passe composse ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Robert R.C1Kwiziq community member

Why does this lesson even talk about irregular verbs, since the title is "regular verbs"?

This is the first lesson I've run across that is confusing, so that's pretty darn good! There are no examples of third person plural except the irregular one, so a novice has no idea what the third person plural rule is for regular verbs. Please update so make it clear that aient is indeed the ending for regular as well as irregular verbs (maybe by using a regular verb as the example since this page is supposed to be about regular verbs). Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Andrew P.B2Kwiziq community member

Descendu les escaliers et descendu du train

Hi,

I have read the below but it's still not clear to me. What is the difference between:

J'ai descendu les escaliers...

Je suis descendu du train...

Asked 3 years ago

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judith D.A1Kwiziq community member

how do you know to use "les" instead of "des"