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White L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

étais vs as été

Can someone explain why Passé Composé is used in the sentence "Tu as toujours été jalouse" rather than Imparfait. Merci beaucoup!

Asked 3 years ago

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Jesse N.A1Kwiziq community member

« Voudrais » vs « aimerais »

Hello, I had to translate « I would like some more love in my life ». My understanding was that voudrais is used when I’m asking for something to be given to me, such as a drink or object, and aimerais is used when I would like something to happen as opposed to being given a physical object. However, this was marked wrong. Is using aimerais in this example very unnatural? Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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Beatrice R.Kwiziq community member

Verb inversion. Do we write passes-tu or passe-tu

Asked 5 years ago

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Sanchita S.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronounciation of "dix"

How come the "dix" was pronounced like "di"? I thought the "x" was pronounced at the end.

Thank you!

Asked 3 years ago

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Phoebe W.C1Kwiziq community member

What about something that has NOT yet happened?

If I wanted to write the sentence below in French, could I, using après que? Or would it have to be reworded? Would I still use the indicative, even though the action has not yet taken place and is uncertain, or is this a case where après que might take the subjunctive?

“After you arrive/have arrived home safely, then and only then will I go to bed.”

Asked 5 years ago

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Daria S.A0Kwiziq community member

il est vs c'estC’est vrais que c’est interdit d’utiliser noms determinative depuis de “elle est\il est” (c’est une personne bonne, pas elle est personne bonne), pars que les français voient que c’est presentation, pas catègorisation ? Ou a-t-il autre raison pour ça? Pardonnez-moi pour mes erreurs dans ma question)

Asked 5 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Une première gender

Is 'une première' in the second line feminine because it's short for 'une première fois'?

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Viviene O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Prenne le volant vs. se mettre au volant

I wrote "et on avait trop bu pour me mettre au volant" but there was only one option which was "on avait trop bu pour que je prenne le volant". Why is the first expression not an additonal option?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jack G.C1Kwiziq community member

Consistency of answers

There were several alternate answers to 'I was taking an exam this morning' and they all used the word 'un exam' But in the full text presented at the end, it became 'un examen'. I have noticed this sort of disagreement every once in a while.

Thanks, Jack

PS. The writing exercises are extremely helpful !

Asked 5 years ago

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Arrivée à l'hôtel A1 Fill-in-the-blanks kwiz - erring detail

"Nous _____ monter au troisième étage," is translated as We ___ go up to the third floor [US: second floor],

But, I think you meant to translate it as [US: fourth floor]

Asked 3 years ago

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