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John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Après avoir fait OR Aprés que

If I want to say ‘after I did something’ when do I use the construction ‘après avoir + past participle’ and when do I use ‘après que + indicative tense’

Or, could I use either?

The question in the test was: ‘you went to the cinema after studying for your exam’

I used ‘après que tu as révisé pour ton examen’ and it was marked wrong. The correct answer being ‘après avoir révisé pour ton examen’

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

B2 Fill-in-the-blanks Kwiz - Subjonctif Présent

À la bibliothèque

I answered.......... à moins que ce NE SOIT un peu trop long?

The correct response was....... à moins que ce SOIT un peu trop long?

I thought "à moins que" was followed by the ne explétif?

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David S.A1Kwiziq community member

bien que ce ne sont pas why is sont not in the subjuctive

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Robert M.C1Kwiziq community member

Is it not possible to say ‘pendre’ instead of ‘accrocher’ to translate ‘to hang up our creations’?

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Katrina S.B2Kwiziq community member

Formal French

Is this type of sentence structure formal? I am having difficulty in knowing which is formal and which is informal. When will a sentence like this be used?

I would greatly appreciate if there was some sort of guide for this. Thanks!

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Akash J.B1Kwiziq community member

Future infinitive

If you were to say something such as "after eating, I will go for a walk," are you required to use the anterior future and repeat "je" twice, or is it somehow possible to incorporate an infinitive like this (Être allé manger, perhaps?).

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Barbara P.C1Kwiziq community member

Liaison with œufs en chocolat

I'm curious about the liaison in œufs en chocolat. I think I heard the F linked. I would likely have linked the S instead. Could you explain this please?

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malek a.A1Kwiziq community member

Difference between que, quoi qnd qu'est ce que

So do "Qu'est-ce que fais tu?", "Fais tu quoi?" and "Que fais tu?" all have the same meaning of 'What are you doing?'?

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D. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Les / Des

Why do you use "des rôles intéressants". and "les nouveaux défis ? "

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Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

avait impressionnés ou était imprssionnés

Bonjour au forum et à tous les experts

Une question à propos de la phrase - 'On a été extrêmement impressionnés par la profondeur des galeries'.

Je comprends c'est correcte, mais si je veux parler du passé plus récent, pourrais-je le mettre - 'On était extrêmement impressionnés par la profondeur des galeries?' ou devrais-je le mettre 'on avait extrêmement impressionnés par la profondeur des galeries?'

Je suis un peux confondu parce que 'était impressionné' me son correcte aux oreilles. Par contre, 'on avait impressionné ne m'apparait pas correcte de tout. Cependant, tout ce que j'ai appris du grammaire me dirige à penser que 'impressionne' est un avoir verb qui utilise 'avoir' pour le faire passé

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