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Chesca M.A1KwizIQ community member

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Bonjour,

Is this sentence correct: je ne cours pas du tout pour faire du sport? When to add the pour+infinitif? Example, when you add pour in the example above: Pauline ne veut pas du tout pour dormir -> will mean the same thing as without pour, won't it?

Appreciate all the help!

Merci :)

Asked 5 years ago

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Ozan D.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

incorrect meaning

Après qu’ils sont arrivés, ils vont saluer ma mère.After they've arrived, they go and say hello to my mother.I think it would be after they have arrived they are going to say hello to my mother

wouldn't be?

Asked 6 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Volier vs. bateau à voileIs there a distinction? I believe the latter was not accepted.

Asked 3 years ago

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Robin H.A1KwizIQ community member

The recent Subjunctive Test.

Hi.

In the recent subjunctive test one of the ‘blanks’ involved an answer to be inserted after ‘à moins que’.

I filled in the ‘blank’ to include ‘ne’ before the verb . ie ‘ne soit’.

I was taught that after ‘à moins que’ you must add ‘ne’ before the subjunctive verb.

My test result marked my answer as incorrect.

The answer did not include ‘ne’. Which is correct please ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Mike H.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How is this not general

"Les enfants demandent des bonbons". I used "du" as the bonbons are not counted. Am I to use "des" because the bonbons CAN be counted, even though they are not in this sentence?

Asked 5 years ago

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Kay C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Translating immediate future eg I am coming vs I'll ( I WILL) come. Why not use future tense? It is different to I am .....

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emilia d.KwizIQ community member

What new words/phrases did you learn in this reading?

hi. I´m looking for friends

Asked 4 years ago

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Darrell B.A1KwizIQ community member

how are they the same?

How does "Tu as un chat'' mean "You have a cat" and "Do you have a cat?" when spoken? Simply due to the raised pitch at the end?

Asked 5 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

J'ai deux questions:

Quand j'ai recherche "French-Canadian" dans le dictionnaire, (Collins- online), j'ai trouve: "Canadienne-Francaise". Peut-etre l'allusion aurait ete, "from Quebec" ou "Quebecois" ?

J'ai ecrit, "...elle peut chanter". Est-ce que cette phrase est aussi bonne que "...elle sait chanter" ? Je dois dire que je trouve que c'est une belle phrase: "...elle sait chanter" !

Asked 4 years ago

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Dana T.A1KwizIQ community member

Another way to say "in turn"

Hello,

I wanted to ask if it's not possible to write instead of "qui est tour à tour" , "dont a son tour" ?

Also, I don't understand what the expression "qui est tour à tour" means?

Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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