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Barbara O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

no adjective

Hi - Could someone explain to me why the line "he told me that he needed a new raincoat" is translated into French without the adjective "new"? (..il m'a dit qu'il avait besoin d'un imperméable). Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Caroline S.B2Kwiziq community member

The d in prendre

Why does repondre keep the d in the present tense when prendre loses it and yet they are supposed to follow the same rule as irregulars?

Asked 4 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"I love sculpture" in English isn't correct, should be "I love to sculpture/ I love sculpturing"

Asked 5 years ago

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Megan H.C1Kwiziq community member

ça vaux la peine

Mornin Francophiles. I don't quite understand the final sentence 'ça en valait vraiment la peine'. Why is the 'en' pronoun required?

Thanks.

Megan

Asked 5 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

why use du?

Bonjour,

I noticed that in the video attached above, sometimes du is used rather than de with retard, for example - J'ai eu du retard / Le train a du retard.

While in this lesson, it mentions that "avoir (5 minutes) de retard".

Is it when "avoir ... de retard" uses with no specific time, the "de" can change to "du" ?

Merci d'avance!

Tecla

Asked 5 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can we say Willian a pris soin de la dinde instead of William s’est occupé de la dinde ?

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Renji M.C1Kwiziq community member

Une question, finalement

Aujourd'hui j'ai appris quelque chose nouvelle et intéressante à propos de la Belgique. Il me rappelle des révolutions de la France et de la Russe. Quelle l'histoire fascinante. Pourquoi il n'y a pas de questions de compréhension? Ils me manquent.

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Police cursivePolice usually means police or policy. It seems to mean font in this context. Could you translate "police" please in this context? Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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Rhys M.A2Kwiziq community member

Strange audio

The audio for "Cette ceinture est a eux" is weird.

Asked 5 years ago

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Keith L.A2Kwiziq community member