I’ve always thought that in a negation the preposition ‘de’ is used, so in « I don’t waste water » I wrote « je ne gaspille pas d’eau » but this was corrected to « je ne gaspille pas l’eau ». My thought pattern was supported in « when I can’t cycle » - « quand je ne peux pas faire de vélo » (given that : to cycle = faire du vélo). Can this be explained ?

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Parth a.Kwiziq community member

Imperatif form of Future Proche

I want to know the affirmative impératif, negative impératif, affirmative pronominal interrogative and negative pronominal interrogative form of future proche.

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Kathleen B.A2Kwiziq community member

Which brown?

If "brun" is for fur, skin, and hair, why are the dogs and the mouse "marron"?

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I am going to see with Julie . . .

Maybe there are regional differences, but I would not say "I am going to see with (Julie), but etc etc" as it is used in the sentence in this exercise. That would be "I am going to check with Julie, but . . . " or "I am going to see what Julie says/thinks, but. . . .".

It reads to me as if the literal translation from the French expression "Je vais voir avec Julie, mais ..." has been used here, but it doesn't sound right (to me) in English.

"I am going to see with Julie, but . . " would indicate something along the lines of 'keeping an eye on her', 'giving her a chance to' etc

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Stephanie S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

adverbs with compound verbs

For the verbs that go in the middle of compound verbs, is that always the case? I can't say "j'ai mangé beaucoup "?

'Vite' sounds strange to me in that position--"j'ai vite couru". Even Google Translate used "couru vite", although it's certainly not the final arbiter of good French :P

I'm also having a hard time finding an example with bientôt. Maybe "je vais bientôt arriver"? That's another one I would intuitively reverse--"je vais arriver bientôt ".

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Ishwinder K.B1Kwiziq community member

Sounds in french

Can you help me with french sounds??

Especially the nasal sounds...

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Suggest a part 2 to the above

Un identifiant- has a voice overlay at the start.

Also suggest words for : an attachment, chat, inbox, hashtag, mailing list, etc be added.