I think that "Your flat pleases us greatly" is just as good as "We like your flat a lot." It's probably a little better translation because it tracks almost literally word for word with the French. (Just as in "Su apartamento nos gusta mucho" could and would be acceptably rendered in either English translation, with no disagreement of substance.)

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Robert R.C1Kwiziq community member

La politesse. C’est inhabituel.

OK, after ten minutes of work I *think* I finally found the answer in 2b (it might have been 2a — I can’t look while typing this) of "C'est" vs "Il/Elle est" to say it is/she is/he is in French

My question was how to decide between ce and elle. I *think* the answer is that this is a general statement of opinion. It would be nice if the first answer marked with the green checkmark as a correct answer were the one that contains a link to the lesson/article including this information. Actually it would be nice if that answer contained links to the other related articles as well.

Note that the first answer marked with the green checkmark is NOT correct. More accurately, it is ONLY correct if one encounters this question in the context of a lesson. When one encounters the question as part of a « Test Now » set of ten questions for level A1 (as I did, of course) there is no lesson context to tell you to use ce instead of ça. That wasn’t my problem, but it was not helpful to encounter that « correct answer » while trying to solve my issue.

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Jean d.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A note on voir + -cevoir

It is worth noting that the verb "voir" and verbs ending in -cevoir do not follow the same irregular pattern.

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Deborah K.B2Kwiziq community member

Nous passons par chez Martin. "Nous passons par chez Martin." In the quiz this meant "We're popping by Martin's place". Could it also mean "We're passing by Martin's place". How do you know if they pass by or pop in? Thanks

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