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Angela D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imparfait et passé composé

Why is je découpais dans les magazines in the imperfect? For me it seems like an action and should be in passé composé.

Asked 5 years ago

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Ashley E.A1Kwiziq community member

The Seaside in French

How do you say this in french:

'Last year, I went to Italy on holiday, with my family and we stayed at a hotel. We went to a beach and swam in the sea. We played in the sand, together, and built a large sandcastle. In the afternoons, we visited monuments and went to churches. For dinner, we always ate pizza and it was delicious. It was amazing!'

Asked 4 years ago

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McCain M.A2Kwiziq community member

I used the work bateaux for the plural of boats. The quiz marked that answer as wrong and said the correct answer is batteaux with (2) T's. why?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jilly C.C1Kwiziq community member

Can I say ‘Je suis en train de lire ce livre' if the

Asked 3 years ago

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Thanh Tân T.B2Kwiziq community member

Alternative words

1. Can I use "empirer" instead of exacerber or aggraver in the sentence "ce qui ne faisant qu'exacerber les problèmes ..."?

2. Why do we use faire ... instead of the word itself?

Asked 3 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Other choices

In some cases, I chose other words which were not accepted. In particular, 'valide' instead of 'valable', 'choix' instead of 'options', and 'avoir l'intention de' instead of 'prévoir'. In the context, were these incorrect, not the best choice, or just synonymes? Thanks for all of your help. The question and answer section is quite beneficial!

Asked 4 years ago

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Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"chaque" pronounciationThe "chaque" in "Chaque guerre est plus horrible que la précédente." sounds "charg", and the "chaque" in "Chaque jour, cela devient plus facile." sounds "cha jur". Could you explain when the k sound in chaque is pronounced and when it is pronounced?

Asked 5 years ago

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Avery E.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Possible errors in the exercise & grammar question

Hi there!

Just a few things I noticed about this exercise that may be errors:

1) One sentence to be translated had "...Œil de Lynx (Eagle Eye)..." but then did not translate "Eagle Eye".

2) In the sentence with "...la cape noire à doublure rouge..." a lesson was provided below for compound nouns formed with prepositions. However, that lesson does not explain this grammar issue, and it seems to me that this is not technically a compound noun...perhaps a different grammar rule would explain this? (For example "a frying pan" would be a compound noun but "a black pan with a red handle" would not be, I believe).

Finally, a grammar question: What is the difference between the usage of seul and seulement? (I'm wondering why saying "Seulment le journalist" in the third to last sentence is incorrect).

Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

He started listing all the fish . .

Is there anything wrong with «il commençait à lister tous les poissons» for translation of 'he started listing all the fish' or 'he started to list all the fish'? It seems a more direct translation and grammatically correct, (I think).

Asked 5 years ago

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Lina S.C1Kwiziq community member

Nous les avons préparés nous-mêmes

If préparer is a regular verb why do we use it with 's' in past tense?

Thank you.

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