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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A few things I dont understand

In the sentence "qui vient d'accueillir son premier animal familier" - Why are we using "son"? I've read the lesson still don't understand. Is it because of it being used generally?

In the sentence - "Je dirais que le plus important est d'apprendre à vivre ensemble" why is there no "chose" involved to mean "the most important thing"?

And in that same sentence, why is it that "De" is used to express "TO learn"? why not "à"?

Also in the sentence "ce soit bon pour un animal de rester enfermé" is the "De" required because of "être"?

And lastly - "la plus grande preuve d'amour que vous puissiez lui donner" why did this sentence get knocked into the subjunctive?

Apologies for all these questions but this exercise really got me confused!

Asked 4 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can we say j’ai réussi sur mon premier tentative or essai ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Reference lessons

For the line « Il n'aime pas le vert » one of the reference lessons is to the use of colours as adjectives with changes in gender/number. However, in this sentence « vert » is a noun, and a more relevant reference would be to the use of (definite) articles with ne ... pas as linked here:

Du/de la/de l'/des all become de/d' in negative sentences (French Partitive Articles)

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

The seasons

I’m wondering how you express next/the next/last/the last for the four seasons? Was unable to find an example on the site.

Asked 3 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Ne explétif after ne penser que

I put ...ne sois intending it to be the ne explétif. And it marked it as wrong. So I got the subjunctive bit right at least. Why is it not the ne explétif?

Thanks

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

J'aurais pu le laisser là

Could you have as an alternative translation 'J'aurais pu l'y laisser' ?

Asked 4 years ago

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jennifer A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

nous/on

why in this exercise is the nous form used one time and the on form another when they are both times speaking about what they will do together?

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

J'ai fait la queue ce matin." means: J'ai fait la queue ce matin." means:

Am not seeing "I was in a queue this morning" as an option.. looking for "a line" and because I don't answer, it keeps asking me the same question.

All the examples have been made inclusive of English English.

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Punctuation rules for French

Every once in a while someone asks about punctuation. I try to be a stickler on punctuation in English and must admit I don't understand the punctuation used in Kwiziq. For example, why is there a comma in the sentence beginning Sa beauté and not in the sentence beginning with La reine? And, also, shouldn't it be: Il était, une fois dans une contrée lointaine, une ....?

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Participle agreement

In the phrase 'ils se sont donné le mot' why is donné not plural ?

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