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Jane M.A0Kwiziq community member

why is come from a city plural Je viens instead of je vien

Asked 2 years ago

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Ruth E B.B2Kwiziq community member

Quelgue(s) vs (un) peu de

Am I missing something? Why are there no "practice" exercises? My style of learning involves some practice of the chosen subject - sometimes LOTS of practice. As far as I can tell, you provide no practice exercises. I often have to search my other French books for appropriate practice.

Asked 4 years ago

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Russ B.B2Kwiziq community member

What is the purpose of "de" here?

For the sentence "pour faire de nouveaux objets en verre". If I were writing this, in order to give the same meaning, I would say "pour faire des nouveaux objets en verre". I could not really grasp the meaning it adds. Can you explain please?

Asked 3 years ago

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Mary Anne B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"De le" after "besoin"J'ai juste besoin de dois juste le trouver.

I opted for "avoir besoin de" here, but "dois" was preferred. That's okay. But I had to put a "de" and "le" together. I did not change it to "du." Which is correct. I appreciate your response.

Asked 4 years ago

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Kalpana S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is there a problem with the English prompt?

The sentence asks how one would translate: "If she could fly, she would go to the moon." ?

My sense is that this is misleading because "if she could fly" is conditional not past continuous. Shouldn't it read "If she flew, she would go to the moon" to avoid confusion?

Thanks, Kalpana

Asked 3 years ago

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Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bon d'achat

I see that it accepts "Vous avez un bon d'achat?" but not "Avez-vous un bon d'achat?". Does the formation of the verb really dictate the usage of the noun, or is this an anomaly that slipped through the cracks? Thanks

Asked 4 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Correction board?

Could someone please direct me to the correction board as per Céline's suggestion below?

I've looked everywhere but can't seem to find it.

Asked 5 years ago

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Stephen N.C1Kwiziq community member

emmenager vs demenager? il ya quelques annees vs quelques ans?

Loved this set of weekend workouts!

1. Is there any significant difference between using emmenager & demenager? In my classes, we've usually used demenager for "moving"

2. Why is it 'quelques annees' instead of 'quelques ans'? at Il y a + [durée] = [duration] + ago (French Expressions of Time) , the example is given as Il est venu à Londres il y a cinq ans

Asked 4 years ago

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Irene H.C1Kwiziq community member

Prenait vs. prendraitWhy doesn't, "She would wear it all the time" not translate to "Elle le prendrait tout le temps"? 'Would wear' is the conditional tense, no? Thank you.

Asked 5 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can we say certaines feuilles même ressemblent comme l’or instead of à de l’or.... actually I don’t understand à de l’or?

Asked 5 years ago

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