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Nels A.C1Kwiziq community member

Does ecouter take a direct object?

I got an answer wrong in a quiz because I didn't have the participle agree in the case of listen: I listened to her. Is "listen" a verb with a direct object in French?

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

me présenter d'autres gens

I'm wondering why it's not correct to say "me présenter à d'autres gens"? I thought that présenter was followed by the preposition à.

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Leah V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is Francaise docteur capitalized but astronome francaise is not?

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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

We are only twenty once

Would this be incorrect: "On n'a vingt ans qu'une fois" ?

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

transparaître

I have noticed that transparaître and derivatives are seen with both être and avoir as auxiliaries. I assume it's because of transitive and intransitive verb usage. Is this the reason ? Can you please give me some examples.

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Barbara G.C1Kwiziq community member

À Pâques or le jour de PâquesHere's the example the lesson gives: À Pâques, les enfants vont à la chasse aux oeufs. "à" is used because "in general" this happens. 1. "On Easter Day I have lunch with my family." -- is also a general statement. A specific statement would be: 2. "On Easter Day I will have lunch with my family." But you are saying the answer for 1. (in my test session) is "le jour de" for a specific statement instead of "à" for a general statement." Please explain.

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Henryk G.B2Kwiziq community member

En ou ès

Why it says "docteur ès sciences mathématiques" rather than "docteur en sciences mathématiques"? Does it have different meaning?

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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?

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Vijay K.A1Kwiziq community member

imparfait vs plus que parfait

What is the exact difference between Imparfait and Plus que parfait (PQP). Some people say for 'had', we have to used PQP but some people say that for 'had', even imparfait can be used, but exactly in which situations we have to use imparfait and PQP, nobody is able to explain logically. Anybody, reply please...

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Vijay K.A1Kwiziq community member

pronominal verb

Are there any fixed verbs for pronominal, or any verb can be a pronominal verb ? Somebody, reply please.

Merci en avance !

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