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Ada O.A0Kwiziq community member

Explain il y a

The only thing I see is there is what about there are

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why prendre aux soldats rather than prendre des soldatsThe title says it all. Why "prendre aux soldats" rather than "prendre des soldats"? Doesn't "des" mean "from the"?

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

confiture de framboise vs. confiture a framboises

I thought the principal ingredient in a food uses a (my keyboard lacks an accent) rather than de.

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Cassandra W.A2Kwiziq community member

Non plus//// non pas plu

Sometimes it is okay to use pas and other times it is not. I am confused. I have answered both ways and get it wrong.

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Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

H aspiré for french proper namesJ'adore le frère d'Hugo
I love Hugo's brother!

My understanding is that some french proper names that start with H use H aspiré, so this should/could be:

J'adore le frère de Hugo

Does the possessive "de" override the H aspiré rule?

Here are some others that I believe use "H aspiré": Henri, Hubert, Héctor, Harry

Can you please clarify?

Thanks

(I found the following: https://www.lemonde.fr/archives/article/1952/04/02/l-uvre-d-hugo-ou-de-hugo_2010600_1819218.html?srsltid=AfmBOoorvYyZtNOVy6E7pXjCbZdxiKAqXFtYERcRhzDdtDDBoViC6mjJ. Looks like H aspire is a bit old fashioned)

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Patricia C.C1Kwiziq community member

Parler à ou parler avec

The writer is talking to a talented painter. My dictionaries state that to talk to someone is parler à. Why is parler à quelqu'un considered wrong?

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Jonathan S.A2Kwiziq community member

Question phrase

Question: Elle va ________ Havre aujourd'hui.

She's going to Le Havre today.(HINT: Le Havre is a French city). I noted the Le was missing in the question so after writing au, as being masculine I knew this was the answer but not having Le in front confused me so I added it, making my answer 'au le'. Why was the Le missing. Was this an examiners deliberate deception?

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Mandy L.B2Kwiziq community member

Probably a system question

Hello,

I have a lot of topics in my A2 notebook, which are not being tested in the 'test your notebook knowledge.' The system is continuously asking me about the same verbs and topics, which also need reinforcement.

Can I do anything about this? Thanks.

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sera deja une experience inoubliable

My dictionary says "deja" means "already" or "before." Does "will be already an unforgetable experience" make sense? Is there another meaning to deja? Is "deja" necessary here?

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Anita P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Three-coloured

I’ve only ever seen the adjective tricoloured ie. similar to French, in English

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