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diana b.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

joindre ou rejoindre

est-ce ce qu'on peut dire rejoindre?

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Fadel M.C1KwizIQ community member

C'est passé

Not sure if this belongs here as another one of the meanings of être + passé or if it's just idiomatic, but I came across this variant in the J'adore nager listening excercise https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/my-languages/french/exercises/overview/629, and neither this lesson nor the other one Passer/se passer/se passer de - the different meanings of the verb "passer" in French, helped decode it. According to what my search turned up, it means "it's over", or "it's gone"? It does make sense with the context.

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Use of flâner and Le flâneur

Are flâner and Le flâneur (to wander, wanderer) commonly used in conversation or are they more literary?

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Mike H.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How is this not general

"Les enfants demandent des bonbons". I used "du" as the bonbons are not counted. Am I to use "des" because the bonbons CAN be counted, even though they are not in this sentence?

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I. U.C1KwizIQ community member

peur du vide vs le vertige

So in an earlier exercise, "I love swimming," you had a possible answer for fear of heights as "peur du vide" but not in this one. Is there a reason why?

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Dhiraj J.A1KwizIQ community member

Leur pouce vs Le/La/Les pouce

Elsewhere on the site, there is an example sentence: Ils sucent encore leur pouce. They're still sucking their thumbs. Why doesn't leur pouce become le/la/les pouce(s)?

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Dhiraj J.A1KwizIQ community member

Question on an exampleVous pensez qu'elle chante bien.You think (that) she sings well.Can I understand why bien above is not feminine. I thought it would be given that both the girl singing and the word song in french are female?

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Dhiraj J.A1KwizIQ community member

Question on an exampleJulie a vraiment envie de chocolat = May I ask why this does not read as du chocolat? Since it's le chocolat? Or is it because in this context, this refers to some chocolat - but even then I didn't understand why du gets dropped - wouldn't it be envie du chocolat?

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SC V.C1KwizIQ community member

etait donne?