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anish t.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est le mien

Can I write "C'est le mien" for It's mine

Asked 5 years ago

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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using inverting or est ce que

Hello,

I have a question. I understand how to use the inverted question when you have a vowel -t . But my question is is there an easy way to understand when to use either the Estimate ce- que or the inverted?

Thank you

Nicole

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of trouviez (imperfect tense)."J'ai vraiment besoin que vous trouviez la raison pour laquelle il ne marche plus," ... this is the translation for:

"I really need you to find out the reason why it's not working anymore,"

Regarding the above please explain why the imperfect tense is used for the verb trouver (trouviez), I would have thought that either the present tense (trouvez) ... "you find out"

or the future tense (trouverez) ... "you will find out"

would correctly translate from the English text?

Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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Rose Y.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of subjunctive

Why is it "bien que ton papa et moi soyons en manque de sommeil" rather than "bien que ton papa et moi ayons été en manque de sommeil"?

Asked 2 years ago

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April S.A2Kwiziq community member

Compound nouns formed with prepositions a, de, en

Is cuillère à thé a fixed phrase meaning a teaspoon for measuring? The lesson says à generally means what something is used for, however, this phrase would then mean "a spoon for tea," not a "teaspoon."

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Svetlana K.A2Kwiziq community member

Is it right to use excité here?>Les filles étaient tout excitées de voir le feu d'artifice.

I might be wrong, but I hear everywhere that "excité" has a sexual connotation in French, unlike in English. If it's right, I think it would be better to change the adjective here.

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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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Adelaida L.C1Kwiziq community member

Negation conjugated verb + infinitive with object pronouns?

Hi. Could you please send examples of negation with object pronouns and conjugated verb + infinitive? So for example are these sentences wrong:

Je ne veux pas les y retrouver?

On ne peut pas y en acheter? On ne peut pas y acheter plus?

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Derek M.B2Kwiziq community member

Passé Compose with s’en aller

I have another question about the use of passé compose with s’en aller. The text states: en will be before or after être: formally, it should be before, but in practice, it often ends up after.

Would the example Nous nous sommes en allés be better as Nous nous en sommes allés? It doesn’t seem to flow as well.

Merci!

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S. M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

les raies Manta qui nous ont envoûtées.

In this phrase from the solution to "Un voyage de rêve", the word "nous" presumably refers to a father, mother and children. So why the final "e" in "envoûtées"? I'd use "envoûtés" here.

Asked 4 years ago

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