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White L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

le + jour

Pourquoi les mots "jeudi et vendredi" sont-ils pluriels alors que les autres jours sont singuliers (le lundi, le mardi, le mercredi)? All of the activities seems to be habitual ones that occur on that day of the week -- even the ones on Thursdays and Friday

Asked 6 years ago

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D C.C1Kwiziq community member

"Il y a du brouillard" and "Il y a de l'orage"

In the first two examples ("il y a du brouillard" and "il y a de l'orage"), the audio version is different than the written version. Are both the written and audio versions correct and if not, which versions are correct?

Asked 6 years ago

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Lorie R.C1Kwiziq community member

Etre versus devenir versus aller

In comparing these three sentences, I notice that the verbs have similar translations (is/are getting or becoming):

Ses relations avec elle vont de mal en pis

Ma mémoire est de pire en pire

Les ordinateurs deviennent de mieux en mieux

Can these three verbs be used interchangeably with these expressions to mean is getting/going/becoming worse or better? Or is there a distinction to be made?

Thanks for your help!

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I know the existence of a celebrity, I know her name, but I don't met her personally and not a friend of her. I should use say 'Je la sais/connais'?

Asked 6 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Any difference between 'avoir besoin de", "il faut" and "devoir"? Are they all interchangeable?

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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The destination.

I am confused. Why is "à Lille" understood for the first clause but included in the second clause.

Le premier train part à sept heures moins le quart, et il arrive à Lille à huit heures.

The first train to Lille leaves at quarter to seven, and it arrives in Lille at eight.

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Kaira A.A1Kwiziq community member

In french how does one ask 'how is the weather outside?'

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Kaira A.A1Kwiziq community member

What is the difference between le temps and le meteo

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Amin F.B1Kwiziq community member

"belle" after of before noun?

I was taking a test and I saw the following statement:

"une fillette belle comme une fleur"

I tought it is wrong but it was marked as correct. Shouldn't "belle" come before "fillette"? like this sentecne?

"une belle fillette comme une fleur"

Asked 6 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Qu'est-ce que c'est la Sorbonne

This is still being marked as incorrect. If it is, please explain clearly why; if it is not please fix the problem with the questions related to this topic - it is confusing enough to follow without having repeated confusion added by incorrect marking. I have checked previous answers and it was stated that it was correct but marked wrong for repeating words from the question - but the question was to write "What is the Sorbonne" in French. Fairly difficult to leave Sorbonne out of the answer.

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