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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quelques ou plusieurs?

Wasn't sure which forum to ask this question as it relates to a different topic but this is the attached forum so I'll ask it here:

The statement and translation :

J’ai un cheveu blanc. – Non, tu as plusieurs cheveux blancs !

I have one white hair. – No, you have a few white hairs!

In this example the word ‘plusieurs’ was used to mean ‘a few’ but in the lesson “Quelques, plusieurs, de nombreux = A few, several, many (quantities), ‘plusieurs’ means several and quelques means ‘a few’. Is there a nuance in usage here?

Asked 4 years ago

Melanie O.A1Kwiziq community member

What is the inverted question form for C’est LE professed de gestion?

Asked 5 years ago

Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Liaison between the auxiliary and the past participle?Is there no liaison in "nous aurions été déçus" between aurions and été? I didn't hear it in the recording.

Asked 8 years ago

Roisin M.B1Kwiziq community member

When should you use the passé simple instead of other past tenses

Asked 8 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Partir vs quitterI'm a bit unsure about the difference between these two. If you leave the job then it's quitter, but if you leave Paris, perhaps for good but perhaps not are both possible?

Asked 8 years ago

sheila h.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What is the meaning of "Aurélie n'est qu'allée au marché"? The above is one of the questions in the B1 Kwiz test. I just cannot understand the difference between the answers:- Aurélie only went to the market (and did nothing else) or (and went nowhere else)? I've tried reading the explanation page over and over but I don't see the difference between - and did nothing else and went nowhere else!!! Can someone make it simpler for a simple brain perhaps??

Asked 8 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Allez tout le mondeIf tout le monde is considered singular when conjugating verbs, is " allez tout le monde" correct ? I have seen this written in a French text.

Asked 6 years ago

diane b.C1Kwiziq community member

LUI/ ELLE: stress or indirect object pronoun after parler à?I'm glad Stuart asked this. I'm confused too. Sadly I'm no further enlightened by the answer given here. If both stress pronouns and indirect object pronouns follow structures such as 'écrire à qqn', 'téléphoner à qqn' etc., how do we know whether to use 'elle' (stress pronoun) or 'lui' (indirect object pronoun)? Grateful for more clarification. Many thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

K. T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of the double 's'

For the pronunciation of 'finissons' and 'finissez' (or 'choisissons' and 'choisissez'), does the double s sound more like a 's' or 'z'?

Asked 5 years ago

peter b.C1Kwiziq community member

The use of accents with notre and votreLe nôtre, le vôtre, le leur (81 A1)Notre, nos, votre, vos, leur, leurs (34 A2)

Why and when do we use the accent above the o

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