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Judy R.B2Kwiziq community member

Changing "des, du, de la, de l', des" to "de" in negative sentences

Why is it "Je n'ai pas peur des examens" and NOT "Je n'ai pas peur d'examens". Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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William S.C1Kwiziq community member

Different grammar for "après que" and "avant que"?Après que uses the indicative while the avant que uses the "ne" plus subjunctive. They appear to express similar thought, after and before. Perhaps there is a difference sense in French. Thoughts.

Asked 8 years ago

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Mark S.C1Kwiziq community member

Le vase versus la vase

Why not include the meanings of "vase" as they change according to gender? La vase is mud, whereas le vase is a vase.

Asked 5 years ago

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D O.B2Kwiziq community member

Commencer avec ou commencer par ??

They both mean to start with, but which one is normally used for what situation ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Partha G.Kwiziq community member

How to use negation with futur proche

How to use negation with futur proche?

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

Y vs Le

I was actually looking for a tutorial here, maybe I'm expecting too much...

I'm confused when to substitute use le, la, or y, my test result says "Have you had your coffee yet?"

So the tutorial is:

"You've already learned that the pronoun y is used to mean there (See Y = There (adverbial pronoun)).

Now here is another usage of y."

This pretty much tells me nothing.

Asked 3 years ago

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Hà Thu Đ.A2Kwiziq community member

Du pain

Why is it "Il achète du pain"? I think bread is countable so it should be "Il achète des pains"

Asked 6 years ago

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Rafael S.A0Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Rio de Janeiro, au Brèsil.

Asked 9 years ago

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Avery E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Difference between usage of "Manquer de..." & "Il manque...à..."

Firstly - thanks to the creators of this lesson!

Secondly - I am having trouble understanding the distinction between the usage of "Manquer de..." and the impersonal "Il manque...à..."

The lesson describes how the two structures are formed (and gives translations that seem to overlap - e.g. "to lack [something]" VS. [someone/something] is missing (i.e. lacking) something), but doesn't seem to describe how exactly they are used differently from each other.

Thus, I'm wondering if someone can explain in what scenarios "Manquer de" must be used and not "Il manque...à..." (and vice versa), and describe if there are any situations in which both can be used.

(For an example of what I mean, can one say both "Il manque un bouton à ta chemise" (given in the lesson) and "Ta chemise manque d'un bouton" ? Why or why not? Etc.)

Thanks in advance!

Asked 5 years ago

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Connor K.C1Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive with 2 different subjectsIs it possible to use subjunctive to say things such as; J'ai peur que je sois stupide Ou Elle souhaite qu'elle ait eu rainson Or is it ONLY if there are two, distinctly different subjects?

Asked 9 years ago

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