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Patrick P.A0Kwiziq community member

C'est qui versus Qui est.

In the song Jalousie by Angele, in saying the English question, "Who is that girl in the photo", why does she say,

"C'est qui cette fille sur la photo" rather than "Qui est cette fille sur la photo"?

Is this Walloon French, since she is from Belgium? Thank you very much.

Asked 3 years ago

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Hasan D.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

en & y usage replacing instead of infinitives

1-can we replaces "y" with verbs which have infinitive verbs
2-can we replaces "en" with verbs which have infinitive vers
for example
1-J'ai besoin de dormir----- j'ai en besoin
2-je chosis de faire mes devoirs

Asked 5 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

To use ne or not to use ne in everyday conversation.

Hi, as I understand, the use of 'ne' in everyday 'street French' is gradually being omitted. Could you please clarify to what extent 'ne' is still used in this context.

Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

les grandes villes comme Strasbourg offrent même (un pass)

Suggest the translation of 'offrent' in this sentence should be 'offer' - 'Big cities even offer (a pass) . . .' as 'propose (a pass) . . .' doesn't quite fit.

Asked 4 years ago

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M. T.B1Kwiziq community member

Shouldn't enfiler and se croiser be added to the vocabulary list preceding this dictée

Asked 5 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Unanswered Questions

More and more the Kwizik algorithm resembles a policeman hiding behind a bush in order to catch a speeding motorist. Please inform us if we haven't answered a question. A lot of the time it is accidental!???????????????

Asked 4 years ago

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A. K.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement in Passe Compose

"nous nous sommes fait faire les ongles"

Why is "fait" not "faites" that multiple females had their nails done?

Asked 5 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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Barrie S.C1Kwiziq community member

Imperfect or Perfect Tense but not both?

I have great difficulty in deciding whether to use l'imperfait or parfait in translations and am surprised to see that both are acceptable in the sentence 'He wrote beautiful lyrics'. The imperfect is the preferred translation but the perfect is given as an alternative translation.

Asked 4 years ago

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Listening practice

No two ways about it, listening practice is everything. Took me a while to get my lug (ear to an English person) around this dictation but pleased with the results.

Asked 5 years ago

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