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Tatiana D.C1Kwiziq community member

Passer can be used with avoir or être...

« Les cloches sont passées ce matin pour apporter les œufs de Pâques » but in the other quizz « Il a passé l’hiver dernier à Chamonix ». In my mind it should be avoir in both sentences.

Asked 5 years ago

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dorian d.A0Kwiziq community member

reading, words, transcript, rien

uuuuhh..... Where's the transcript, all I have is audio?

Asked 4 years ago

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Do the antonyms follow the same rules?

The lesson implies that "vieux" and "ancien" follow the same usage rules as "neuf" and "nouveau", i.e. objective and subjective, respectively. But according to the lesson on Movable Adjectives, in the case of "ancien" at least, it is the placement of the adjective before or after the noun that determines whether it is translated subjectively or objectively.

Which lesson is correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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Çağrı Y.A2Kwiziq community member

Se sentir et aller

I know that se sentir and aller identical. But in this exercise it does not work.

Franck________ en pleine forme.

Answer: se sent

Franck va en pleine forme. It is false. I wonder why it is incorrect?

Asked 5 years ago

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

jusqu'à ce que la Révolution Française n'éclate en 1789 : why the "N"?Never use the ne explétif with jusqu'à ce que.

I found this on the Lawless French website. Which is correct?

Asked 6 years ago

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ersan o.B1Kwiziq community member

qui and est cannot come together

qui+est = qu'est ??

Asked 4 years ago

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James M.C1Kwiziq community member

Leur - agreement in number/accent in conditional tense

Why is it not "les champignons pointent le bout de leurs nez" to make the possessive adjective plural? I have a French spelling guide that shows "reconnaitrais" with an accent circonflex over the first "i". Which is correct?

Asked 5 years ago

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John M.C1Kwiziq community member

B1 Depuis longtemps

Martin hasn't been here for long

This suggests Martin is still here, thus the present tense should be used. Given answer is-Martin n'est pas arrivé depuis longtemps.

Compare this with the previous question:

We haven't lived here very long- Nous n'habitons pas ici depuis longtemps.

Have I mis-understood something?

John M

Asked 3 years ago

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nishan m.B2Kwiziq community member

Tracking progress towards a certain level

Is there any way that I can track my progress, because I really want to move up to B2, but I don't know how close I am, so is there a way to track progress towards a certain level?

Asked 5 years ago

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Danielle H.B1Kwiziq community member

Dropping subject in imperative

How do you know when to drop the subject? (Apart from a feeling)

Such as: "Parlez plus lentement", nôtres "Parlez vous..."

Asked 4 years ago

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