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Tim T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

indirect object/direct object

I do not understand how the following sentence requires 'avoir'. Et alors, tu ________ retourné lentement tes cartes...

I would have thought that 'tes cartes' is an indirect object because the word 'lentement' sits between the verb and the object. Or is it that 'lentement', being an adverb, is treated as part of the verb, and therefore 'tes cartes' is the direct object of the compound verb 'retourné lentement'?

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D. A.A1Kwiziq community member

78.005 ? this is not the correct way to write this figure in English78.005 this is not how this amount would be written in English.... it would be 78,005

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yvonne c.C1Kwiziq community member

je crains que mes attentes aient été. Why

Why is the subjunctive in this case not used with ‘ne'

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Muhammad I.A0Kwiziq community member

une suggestion de compléter une phrase pour la mettre en contexte

S'il doublera ses efforts, il aura fini son project à temps

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

use of rend

do you only use rendre when talking about visiting a person?

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priyanka r.A1Kwiziq community member

Why do we use à in these sentences: Choisissez un Cadeau à chacun d’entre eux selon leurs goûts and on a le droit à un gateau chacun

Asked 3 years ago

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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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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question 4 issue - what is the better translation of struggle

I answered "Nous avons peiné a" rather than "avions du mal à". I think struggle is the better translation.

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Vikki W.C1Kwiziq community member

Which tense?

The exercise says "When the main verb is in the passé composé, it is followed by the passé composé or plus que parfait" so why, in the following example, is the passé composé followed by the present tense.

Après qu’ils sont arrivés, ils vont saluer ma mère.After they've arrived, they go and say hello to my mother.

Asked 5 years ago

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Kelly C.C1Kwiziq community member

N'importe lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles

In which cases would I use each of lequel/laquelle/lesquels/lesquelles

For example, for "Les pâtisseries sont toutes délicieuses, mangez n'importe ----" would I use laquelle or lesquelles, or does it depend on what the speaker is trying to convey?

Thanks!

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