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Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"...parce que rien ne m'était familier."

Could you please explain the reason for the inversion of the negative "ne...rien" in this sentence? Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

Philippa M.B1Kwiziq community member

I did not see mention or explication of en also meaning to.

Asked 5 years ago

Ian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Context not clear to clarify what is right or wrong.

Yhere is nothing in the context and no hint as to why either answer could or could not be correct.

_______ il ne vienne pas?How come he's not coming?Comment ça se fait qu'Comment ce fait-il qu'

Asked 5 years ago

stephen w.C1Kwiziq community member

Conjugations of s'asseoir (NOUS)

Why does the question asking for the conjugation of s'asseoir mark the answer "Nous nous assoyons" in favour of "Nous nous asseyons" when according to the LESSON on this subject provides both conjugations ?

Asked 4 years ago

John W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement with etre verbs

To the question 'You had shaved completely that morning' I was marked wrong for 'Tu t'étais rasée ....' which is surely correct rather than your answer 'Tu t'étais rasé ....' Please explain.

Asked 4 years ago

Stephen R.B2Kwiziq community member

Answer not discussed in lessonSee below. The use of être plus the past participle should be discussed/explained...just say'n :))Non ! Je ________ dévoré par les morts vivants !No! I'm going to be devoured by the living dead!HINT: Conjugate être (to be) in Le Futur Prochevais être

Asked 5 years ago

Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Causitive in the close future...

How would you say "I'm going to get my nails done today." ? I thought "Je vais me faire faire les ongles aujourd'hui ", but am not sure.

Asked 4 years ago

Mitchell C.A1Kwiziq community member

Notre + verb conjugation

For the sentence "je joue au beach volley avec Lydia et notre équipe gagne", why is "gagner" take the form of "gagne" instead of "gagnons"? I would think since it is "our team winning" it would be "notre équipe gagnons", but I think I am missing something here!

Asked 3 years ago

Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Please explain this one in more detail

I do not understand this question and why both are correct:

«Il y a des visiteurs étrangers à l’hôtel», «Il y a des visiteuses étrangères à l’hôtel»

I understand the one about Germany as it’s taken the gender from the country, but I’m not sure about this one.

Merci

Asked 5 years ago

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is Quiès ?

Hi - I am not sure if this is a typo? I have never seen this word - Quiès

Je suis d'accord, et je prendrai des boules Quiès juste au cas où.

What does it mean?

Is there something wrong with the sync?

Why is it capitalised?

Asked 3 years ago

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