1. The phrase 'je me suis sentie méprisée' - I was a little confused about whether to make 'senti' or 'méprisé' agree with the female speaker. In fact I got it wrong, as I see that both should agree. Could you explain the rule, or do you have a lesson I could look at for this?

2. what is the meaning of 'de l'instrumentalisation du vote barrage'?

3. what is the meaning of 'voter blanc'? I have a good idea but would be very interested to hear an explanation.

Thankyou once again, dudes of Lawless French for an interesting dictée, with some good new vocab.

Megan

Asked 4 years ago

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Aliza K.A0Kwiziq community member

Is J'etais = Je fus?

Is J'etais = Je fus? i am confused because both mean "I was"

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Liz G.B2Kwiziq community member

Present or future tense?

Why do we use the present tense of s’occuper when the English is future... I will take care of ...

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Ruth E B.B2Kwiziq community member

Dropping "du" when using "ni..ni".

My on-line instructor - a native French speaker from Normandy - says that it is totally incorrect to drop the "du" when using "ni..ni". I had learned in one of your lessons that I should keep the articles le, la, les but drop "du". Which one of you is correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

What great words French has for 'to spoil' ! When learning French really gets enjoyable

I thought "gâter" already had a nice sound for to spoil, but then I discover 'chouchouter' in this lesson, and my wife mentions 'dorloter'. They all just sound so 'right' for the sentiment to me. « Ma belle-sœur me chouchoute toujours avec une bonne choucroute. » Can't wait to hit her with that on the next Skype !

On a more grounded note: 'goes and walk the dog', would be either 'goes to walk the dog' (which is fine for the translation) or 'goes and walks the dog', at least in my part of the world.

Also, "la TV" is actually listed in both wordreference and Larousse (to my surprise) - TV is currently not accepted in translation, although it was used in the English script.

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

aux cheveux poils de carotte

What is the need for having two words for hair in this expression?

Asked 4 years ago

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c f.C1Kwiziq community member

why the verb "plaire" isn't an option to translate Martin likes Sarah ?Sarah plaît à Martin

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor