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Kelly D.A1Kwiziq community member

why is it 'J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques'

Wouldn't it be d'endroits magnifiques?

I feel as if the explanation is missing something because it is contradicting the same rules it is proposing, as I doubt it has the wrong answer?

Asked 4 years ago

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Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

les années [nombre]

Do you have any lessons or notes on why the [nombre] occurs after les années.

Ex- "Vous étaiez étudiants dans les années quatre-vingt."

Asked 6 years ago

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Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No notebook add feature?

I'd love to add this page to my notebook but don't see the button for it. Can you please add that feature to this page? Thank you!

Asked 6 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

No articles with some of the nouns

He does not say 'installent DES projecteurs et DES caméras' as I would have expected. Is what he says an acceptable grammatical alternative?

Asked 5 years ago

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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 5 years ago

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M. E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"...était apparue..."

Bonjour,

Could someone please explain why the auxiliary before apparu is était rather than avait ? The whole sentence is:

Je me souviens encore distinctement de la manière dont j'étais restée bouche bée lorsque cette belle dame, qui avait l'air d'être faite de paillettes, était apparue gracieusement sur cet étrange engin.

Merci, Matthew :-)

Asked 4 years ago

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Becky L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qui in final sentence"qui a vraiment l'air de valoir le détour" (final sentence) - I would never have guessed that the speaker said "qui". It sounded very much like the word began with a 'j'

Asked 5 years ago

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Alberta N.B2Kwiziq community member

on vs nous

I did a simple quiz. One of the problems was to translate "We have a cat" - I used the nous avons... option. It was wrong stating "On a..." is the correct answer. How can one tell if an informal response, or the commonly spoken one is the correct choice out of context? It sees to me, both answers are equally correct. What am I missing?

Merci

Asked 4 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why cannot we say au bord du village for at the edge of the village instead of à la sortie?

Asked 5 years ago

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Vikki W.C1Kwiziq community member

Which tense?

The exercise says "When the main verb is in the passé composé, it is followed by the passé composé or plus que parfait" so why, in the following example, is the passé composé followed by the present tense.

Après qu’ils sont arrivés, ils vont saluer ma mère.After they've arrived, they go and say hello to my mother.

Asked 5 years ago

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