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Alfred S.C1Kwiziq community member

With or without indefinite article ??

Why should I say "Je suis UN oncle" instead of "Je suis oncle"? I shall say "Il est président / prof / boulanger", always omitting the indefinite article. Is it different for family relations? Thanks in advance for any help.

Asked 5 years ago

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Barbara D.C1Kwiziq community member

My Cv spoke for itself - shouldn't it be "speaks for itself" to match your French translation?

In this paragraph, the English sentence was "My CV SPOKE for itself" but the French was in the present tense. Mon CV parle de lui-même. Is this a mistake or am I missing something?

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

use of rend

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

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.

Asked 4 years ago

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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

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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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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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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nicole r.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

simile and metaphor in english

hi,

when you guys have this sentence as an example un riche comme cresus homme it was marked wrong is that because it should have something else describing the riche? Also as i'm searching to understand this should i treat these as like the similie and metaphors as we do in english?

thank you

nicole

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