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chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"Vous êtes retournés dans la maison de votre enfance."

The translation -' you went back to your childhood house' is not something we would say in english english. We would either say 'childhood home' or ' the house I lived in in my childhood'. I'm trying to work out why this is and it has something to do with the word childhood as an abstract noun. Childhood is never an adjective. ' Childhood home' is a kind of double noun, an inversion of 'home of my childhood' . I'm afraid I'm not a linguist so dont have the grammar to describe this. I just know it sounds very odd, and feels wrong.

Asked 5 years ago

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Elaine D.B1KwizIQ community member

I find the fill in the blanks quizzes by topic very useful but find them very hard to locate on the site. Can you help ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Manal S.A1KwizIQ community member

Mon niveau

Bonjour, s'il vous plaît je besoind de voir mon niveau si possible, sur an examen

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Dottie F.B2KwizIQ community member

Using de longeur

Why is de longeur considered incorrect if it included as an option in lesson?

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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

De plus infinitive verb

Hello,

I have a question. I am working on this sentence. Elle menace de partir for the present tense.

I was wondering why they use de partir instead of à meaning to leave.

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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Sarah A.C1KwizIQ community member

tous and tout

Please explain when to use tout and when to use tous.

Asked 3 years ago

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Derek M.B2KwizIQ community member

Passé Compose with s’en aller

I have another question about the use of passé compose with s’en aller. The text states: en will be before or after être: formally, it should be before, but in practice, it often ends up after.

Would the example Nous nous sommes en allés be better as Nous nous en sommes allés? It doesn’t seem to flow as well.

Merci!

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reem a.A1KwizIQ community member

Passe compose

For 'Je me suis cassé la jambe'

Why does it use suis and not J'ai, as its passe compose?

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Korede O.A1KwizIQ community member

Uses of aux or au for countries