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Cori H.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is it "dans" mon canapé and not "sur" mon canapé ?

Asked 3 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

Asked 5 years ago

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 5 years ago

Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Un jeune sauveteur (A2)

Bonjour Madame Cécile !

I wanted to ask a query I came up while attempting this dictée ->

“Par chance, personne n'a été blessé”

Madame, why has the verb “être” been conjugated in Le Passé Composé ? However, Être is a verb of state and generally takes L’Imparfait.

Now, Madame, if a sentence is given -> The film was great.

There are two possibilities-

1. Le film a été merveilleux. 2. Le film était merveilleux.

How to judge whether a Verb of State takes Passé Composé / Imparfait ?

Merci encore Madame pour votre aide.

Je vous souhaite une bonne journée!

Asked 6 years ago

Eldra C.B1Kwiziq community member

il y a une gourde de limonade

What is mean by 'gourde de limonade'?

Asked 5 years ago

Lorraine M.A2Kwiziq community member

Qu'en penses-tu?

I see that this is a reversed question- but what is the reversal? Tu penses en quoi?

Asked 2 years ago

Ozan D.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How can I use "imparfait" in the subordinate clause when the main clause is past

he knew that : "I was playing football" =direct speech
he knew that I had been playing football=indirect speech
or
he knew that "I used to play football" = direct speech
he knew that I used to play football=indirect speech

How can I create "indirect speech" for these sentences
will you please help me? Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

Laura M.C1Kwiziq community member

quand + present?

Does this mean you can't use quand in the present?

Asked 4 years ago

Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

passe compose with avoir...

When using avoir as the auxilliary verb in the passe compose, I thought that the past participle had to agree with the direct object... so in the previous exercise there was:

"Nous avons nouri nos chiens" ...are not les chiens the direct object of the verb in that sentence?

"il a fini ses devoirs" ...are not les devoirs the direct object of that sentence...?

...I guess I have got something very wrong here... grateful for any guidance...

Michael

Asked 5 years ago

Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Feminine participle

Bonjour

In the video we have J'ai recu les lettres. Why then do we say Je les ai recues. ? Recevoir is is a verbe d'etat?

Merci

Asked 6 years ago

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