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Karen M.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le verbe Différer / vt ou vi

Bonjour. Je ne sais pas ce que signifie cette phrase : Le Nord d'Arabie ne différait pas beaucoup des possessions persanes.

Le verbe Différer est intransitif ou transitif dans cette phrase ? Parce que cela signifie différent, nous pouvons dire :

Northern Saudi Arabia soon accepted Iranian domination;

It was not much different from the parts dominated by the Iranians.

Et comment pouvons-nous comprendre qu'ici, "Des" est une article contracté ou un article indéfini ?!

Asked 4 years ago

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Rongrong M.A2Kwiziq community member

can we use derrière instead of arrière?

E.g. why not say Oui maman, il est sur la plage derrière ?

Merci!

Asked 5 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

De nombreux peuples et cultures anciennes

Does this mean numerous people and ancient cultures? I ask because I would have expected the phrase to be numerous ancient people and cultures but for that to be the case wouldn't anciennes have to be masculine to reflect the mixed gender of the group of nouns?

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STEPHEN W.C1Kwiziq community member

Why not -Mon baluchon. My backpack

Pourquoi pas , "mon sac à dos"

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Jill W.C1Kwiziq community member

Question about use of "nous"

When we use "nous", is the object always referred to in the singular, such as "notre horloge"?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jasvin K.B2Kwiziq community member

How is "that evening" a duration

An example above :

Cette soirée s'est très bien passée.That evening went very well.
Isn't "that evening" a precise moment (a particular evening) ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Where is the place of comprative words when comprative the adverbs?

where should I put the adverbs When the sentence have an direct object
are these sentences true and is there any other way to form a Sentence

Le garçon a nettoyé la pièce plus lentement que moi
le garçon nettoie la pièce plus lentement que moi

please help. Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Reason for underlining some phrases/words in lesson?

I am being distracted trying to understand the underlining in a number of examples above (and probably shouldn't be, I know). Can't help but feel I am missing the significance - which I am if there is some! The underlining doesn't coincide with le subjonctif passé phrase - the topic of the lesson. Is it just confirming all the examples need the subjunctive?

Asked 5 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of adjectives

HI,

I was wondering when I took the test why un étonnamment bon film was marked wrong wouldn't étonnamment be describing how good the film is or was?

Thanks

Nicole

Asked 4 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Like or love?,

Ma soeur n'aime personne = My sister likes nobody.

Can't this also mean My sister loves nobody, or how do you express the idea of loving someone/no-one?

Asked 4 years ago

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