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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est v Il est

I should know this by now but don't. Please explain why c'est is used and not 'Il est' I would have thought (wrongly) that 'il est' is referring to a specific person and therefore be the correct choice? Thank you

Je pense que c'est le meilleur candidat. Je le pense sincèrement.

Asked 5 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

s'assoir is correct spelling - 1990 rectifications

s'assoir is having a blue 'e' correction added, although both spellings - s'asseoir and s'assoir - are correct.

Asked 5 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

legumes de soleil

Quels sont les legumes de soleil ? J'ai cherche partout, mais je n'ai pas trouve cette phrase. Tous les legumes ont besoin de soleil, donc je me demande si ces legumes sont des legumes d'ete, peut-etre ?

Merci !

Asked 3 years ago

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T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

un chocolat chaud et un gâteau.Bonjour,

I wonder why it uses singular form of chocolat and gâteau in this sentence :

"Nous dégustons un chocolat chaud et un gâteau"

Couldn't it be "des chocolats" or "des gâteaux"?

Merci !

Asked 5 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

very confused about agreement

Then why is "nous nous sommes brossé" correct? shouldn't it be "brosses"????

Asked 4 years ago

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Eugene J.Kwiziq community member

Why is there a space between the end of the sentence and the exclamation mark?

Is it always the case?

Asked 4 years ago

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tony w.C1Kwiziq community member

dont understand usage of "justement"

why not en passant or il se trouve? I don't understand usage of "justement" here for "as it happens"

Asked 4 years ago

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Simrandeep B.A0Kwiziq community member

I'm not able to understand where to use which helping verb like -avez, suis, es, allez. And how they change

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Follow-up on responses to use of partitive before a singular adjective...

Thanks to Maarten and Alan, I had 4 responses all of which were marked as "select this as correct answer". There is ambiguity, and how do I resolve this as a learner. My reference was related to Cliffs Quick Review French 1 (ch3 under Articles). A definitive answer would be great!

Asked 4 years ago

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Winston K.C1Kwiziq community member

Questions about word choices

1. Can we use des salades mélangées instead of des salades compasées?

2. Can we use glaces instead glaçons? I looked it up on Google translate. Glaçons means ice cubes while glaces means simply ice. Wouldn't it be better to use the more general word ice?

Asked 5 years ago

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