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Phúc Đ.B2Kwiziq community member
Subjunctive or indicative form?

I don't understand why this sentence is indicative form?

Tu penses qu'il est bon pour elle?

For question or negation, I suppose we should use subjuctive form along with penser:

Tu penses qu'il soit bon pour elle?

Please help to explain it?

Merci.

Asked 5 years ago
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Ash D.C1Kwiziq community member
Se faire au lieu de "avoir"

Salut,

Pourquoi on utilise "se faire" au lieu de qqchose d'autre dans la phrase suivante: 

Il faut qu'on se fasse une soirée films ...

Merci!

Asked 4 years ago
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shambhavi k.B1Kwiziq community member
I can't understand there are so many comparative forms like de moins en moins,de prie en prie,mieux que,autant que,plus..plus. can someone just sum up
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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Are 'tous' pronounced as 'toos' in the following sentences?1) Sandra, Andy et moi sommes allés au restaurant tous les trois.

2) Tous, veulent nous interviewer

2nd question: Can 'they all have all of them (eg. books)' be translated as: 'Ils les ont tous tous'?

Thank you.

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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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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
par fouillis

In this question

shouldn't be replaced by ? I thought was a used to introduce an itinerary, as in

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"will ever be" translation"Will ever be" was one of the vocabulary terms given at the start of the exercise, but I couldn't find it. Then, "être un jour capable" was the phrase used in the exercise. Please explain this usage. Thanks.
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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member
à étoiles multicolores

I'm wondering why there is no article before "étoiles" in the phrase "à étoiles multicolores". I was thinking it would be "aux étoiles multicolores".

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
"Tout ce qui/que"

Is "ça" never used instead of "ce" in this context? If not, why not? Is it simply idiomatic?

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Donald F.B1Kwiziq community member
can you give some more example of edge in idioms?

idioms  confound me ... "on the edge" of town is different than of a cliff ... what is the idiom for "on the edge of my seat" or almost being driven crazy  as saying "he's really on edge" ? maybe an "edgy" lesson?

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