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I. U.C1KwizIQ community member

peur du vide vs le vertige

So in an earlier exercise, "I love swimming," you had a possible answer for fear of heights as "peur du vide" but not in this one. Is there a reason why?

Asked 5 years ago

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Barbara D.C1KwizIQ community member

attendre POUR une tomate

Je crois que le verbe "attendre" veut dire "to wait for". (J'attends ma mère, le train, etc.)

Pourquoi est-ce qu'on dit ici "alors attendre pendant des mois POUR une tomate".

Expliquez, s'il vous plaît.

Asked 4 years ago

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Ozan D.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

DİFFERENT SUBJECTS

Hi.I have some question which make me curious
How can I compare different two Nouns,adjectives,adverb and verbs That belong to different subject.
for example
I have more books than You have notebook

I am more beutiful than you are ugly

I eat more than you drink

Thanks

Asked 6 years ago

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jennifer A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

verb tenses

In this text, why does she say 'J'ai vécu', but then say 'Je faisais partie' et 'J'organisais'....

I am wondering why the different tenses here, as surely 'living' was an on-going occurrence ?

Jennifer

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Diana T.C1KwizIQ community member

L’on vs on

Why do I sometimes see “l’on” rather than “on” used as a subject?

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Nanis B.B1KwizIQ community member

It was love at the first sight

Why "ça a été le coup de foudre" and not "c'était le coup de foudre"

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Mary Anne B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Très bien.

Cette histoire est mignonne. Il ne faut pas une réponse.

Asked 6 years ago

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Sanchita S.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Kwiziq Question - J' before appeler

Hi,

I was doing a Kwiziq quiz and got thsi question: "

________ appelle mon père.I call my father.
I thought the answer was je s'appelles, so I put je s'. The correct answer is "j' ". Why is there no reflexive part to it? No me, se, te or anything. I was a little thrown off by that. It would only be "j'appelle" - is that correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Draps de lit should be accepted as well

As the English was 'bedsheets', draps de lit should be accepted as correct - it got the blue line through 'de lit'. There may be regional differences, but in Australia we would usually not say 'bedsheets' unless being very specific, and 'sheets' would be the same as 'draps'.

French people in Australia will often revert to saying 'bed linen' or sometimes 'bed sheets', but avoid 'sheets' because the French accent changes "I have the sheets" to a rather colloquial expression !

Asked 5 years ago

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elizabeth l.C1KwizIQ community member

why devait la cacher and not avait du cacher , I though the first meant " supposed to " and teh latter " had to?

Asked 4 years ago

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