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P. F.A2Kwiziq community member

Translation of 'chestnut'

Bonjour,

Why is 'marron' (as opposed to 'châtaigne') unacceptable as a translation for 'chestnut'?

Asked 4 years ago

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prepositions after parler and penser.Why “je parle de …” but “je pense à ….”?

Asked 8 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

au vs duIn a writing challenge, two correct sentences were: "Je suis considéré comme l'un des meilleurs footballeurs DU monde." and "Je suis considéré comme un des meilleurs joueurs de foot AU monde." Why is it "au monde" in the second one?

Asked 9 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Is Yaourt singular or plural?

What is the best translations for 'They love yoghurt' a) 'Ils adorent le yaourt' or b) 'Ils adorent les yaourts'. If yaourt is replaced with for example 'cereale' would the same principle/s apply?

Asked 5 years ago

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Prashanth G.A2Kwiziq community member

Example 6: Je LEUR lis une histoire...Does this mean "lire" is a verb for which "à" is commonly applied? Or is it in this case that the full sentence would be "Je lis une histoire à mes enfants", and hence the usage of "leur" is warranted?

Asked 9 years ago

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M H.B1Kwiziq community member

On the test the question was "Il pense à sa famille. Elle y pense aussi. If y = à plus thing/object/location (but not a person) and famille is a group of people why is y used?

Asked 10 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le impérfait is also used to express a habit like "avoir l'habitude de"Ils avaient l'habitude de se coucher avant 10 heures / Ils se couchaient avant 10 heures; Do both can be used to mean "used to go to bed before 10"?

Asked 10 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est nul vs Il est nul

The quiz asked "It's lame", "_____ nul".

The answer that it wants is "C'est nul".

Why can't it be "Il est nul"?

Suppose the sentence was a response to the question "What do you think of that film?"

The answer is providing an opinion with an adjective which it is applying to a specific thing - "that film".

That sounds a lot like case 2b in the lesson:

"2. Cases expressing opinions or simple statements (adjectives) about prementioned things"

"b. il est/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things"

Asked 7 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"À qui" vs "de qui'In the quiz question: "La personne ________ je pense me rend heureux." , could you please clarify why "de qui" cannot be considered correct?

Asked 7 years ago

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Ron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Après que + le futur antérieur or après que + l'indicatifHow does one differentiate when to use each structure? I have reread each lesson and the thoughts are unclear. Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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