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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Find, when it means "search for"

In "I went online to find tapas recipes" shouldn't the verb for find be chercher rather than (or at least as well as) trouver?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jangir G.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Chef-d'œuvre

Ce n'est pas que juste une histoire. C'est le vrai chef-d'œuvre chocolat-poétique !

Asked 2 years ago

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Michael B.C1Kwiziq community member

"Grâce à sa bonté" instead of "Grâce à sa gentillesse"??

I said "Grâce à sa bonté et à sa joie de vivre" instead of "Grâce à sa gentillesse et à sa joie de vivre" and was marked wrong. Isn't "bonté" French for "Kindness"? Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Omission of article

I notice the omission of any article to go with jeux in the phrase 'l'opportunité d'essayer différents jeux'. Is this something to do with the word différents? For example, if there were no adjective, you would surely say 'l'opportunité d'essayer des jeux'...?

Asked 3 years ago

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Michael H.A0Kwiziq community member

reflexive possessionNous nous étonnons de ses bonnes notes.

...the exercise gives the translation of this sentence as 'We are astonished at his good marks' ...however, I don't see how you can tell the gender of the person with the good marks from this sentence...so surely the translation should be 'We are astonished at his/her good marks' ...? Unless you can tell the person described by the verb 'étonnons' ...but then I am sure this has no connection to the person being referred to in the sentence...

Look forward to your answer...

Asked 5 years ago

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Lucien J.C1Kwiziq community member

Deux erreurs

Dans le texte vous avez «les poèmes qui sont présentés» mais dans le fichier audio «les poètes qui sont présentés». De plus, le paragraphe 4, ligne 4, répète la ligne 3 dans une simple erreur de frappe ou de copier-coller.

Asked 5 years ago

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Adrian B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I'll be back

Is there a reason "he'll be back" is translated once as "il sera de retour" and once as "il sera revenu"? Or are they simply alternatives?

Asked 5 years ago

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Kathi W.C1Kwiziq community member

Est-ce que le verbe gambader utiliser l'objet indirecte?

Est-ce que le verbe gambader utilise l'objet indirecte? (qui lui gambadait) Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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