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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

avoir besoin de vs devoir

I note that there are quests in the past to improve the content of this lesson and I am unsure whether any modifications have been made but it is still difficult to determine when devoir is an appropriate answer as well as avoid besoin de and avoir envie de. Is it that there is an infinitive following if so why only devoir and not avoir envie de as in the case of needing to buy a handbag? Surely it could be made clearer - google is not a reasonable guide and I want to understand!

Asked 4 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

Les raisons ethiques

Greetings! Just a comment on the content of the article: Those who are ethically opposed to eating foie gras, if they are consistent in the application of those ethics, will probably also be ethically opposed to killing and eating saumon! ;-)

Asked 5 years ago

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M. d.B1Kwiziq community member

two problems

'When it's not cold I sleep outside'. Dehors is suggested before it comes up in the English so if one adds it to the translation prior to it appearing, it becomes an error. The suggestion needs to come after 'when it's not cold'.

Asked 5 years ago

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Lynda C.C1Kwiziq community member

grammar question

Why is it "je m'assurerai ..." and not "je t'assurerai... " ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Janet M.B1Kwiziq community member

In English, it's no longer polite to call women "ladies.""i.e. taking an extra -e for ladies, and an extra -s for more than one person, -es for multiple ladies."

Is this 19th century England? Just say "women."

Asked 4 years ago

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Ntarpley L.B1Kwiziq community member

¨pelle¨ spade or shovel?

I understood ¨pelle¨ as shovel. Is there no difference?

Asked 4 years ago

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Mary Anne B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The Bahamas are not in the United States.

There are many beach resorts along America's coastlines, including the very tropical Key West, Florida. While the Bahamas are very close to the mainland of United States, the most interesting American beaches may be in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, namely Hawaii, but many would dispute that in favor a beloved local beaches.

Bonnes vacances

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Si B.B1Kwiziq community member

il n'en est venu aucun.......??

Bonjour,

I found very interesting sentence causing me a headache.... "Il n'en est venu aucun".

According to lessons, the sentence is negated by placing the two parts of the negation on each side of the auxiliary verb (avoir or être) in a compound sentence like the passé..

However, as you can see in this sentence, one part of negation, "aucun" is located at the end of sentence. And I found this sentence from a dictionary and so there must be no grammer problem...

I've been searching and googling for hours but did not get any to understand the sentence...So, May I ask someone to kindly explain this please?

Thank you so much in advance!

Asked 4 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

can you explain why "je lui en achèterai un..." is using "lui" when "acheter" isn't usually followed by "à" ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Can T.A0Kwiziq community member

Il y a combien de km

Hello.i didnt undrstand why he didn't use -de km - for the first sentence below

How far is it from here to your home -il y a combien d'ici a chez toi