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selina b.A1Kwiziq community member

Il ne travaille pas le mercredi

Why does travail need to be feminine in this context pleas

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

cette exigence qui dépasse ce que certains considèrent comme suffisant.

I had put "suffiisante", as I thought that that was refering to the exigence (feminin). Is this masculine bcause "ce que" acts like "c'est" and requires a neutral ie masculin adjective? Or is the agrement with something other than exigence?

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

One language per parent?Hi, in “Et puis, mes parents m'ont toujours mis une certaine pression pour que je sache parler leurs langues respectives parfaitement.” I was expecting to see “leur langue respective” as each parent has only one native language. Could you say a few words about why this is not the case here please? Thanks, Brian

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Mark C.A2Kwiziq community member

ne - que

The object will be singular following a negation. In this case the object is the `sa collection. But a collection is inherently plural ins de jardin rather than nain de jardin. but why is the collection de nains and not des nains?

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selina b.A1Kwiziq community member

L,histoire _ the difference between history and the story

How can you differentiate the story from history ie. l’histoire. was marked as incorrect but I think it could have been either

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Liza Joanna K.A2Kwiziq community member

La femme

Bonjour!

Doesn't femme have two meanings: 'wife' and 'woman'? When should we use them in a sentence?

Thanks and regards

Liza

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

...ce qui me causait de grosses douleurs dans les gencives...

I thought it was "de grosse douleur" - singular - and can't think of any way of being able to hear whether it was singular or plurial. Does it have to be plural because the gums are plural? In English we could say "pain in my gums", but in French perhaps it's necessary to say "pains in my gums"? Or would "ce qui me causait de grosse douleur dans les gencives" still be correct?

[By the way - there's a typo in the full text - "genvices" for "gencives"...]

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An L.B2Kwiziq community member

Subjunctive conjugation for "Nous" and "Vous"

Hi,

I read from a text book that I use (Inspire B1) and it says to conjugate Je/Tu/Il/Elle/On/Ils/Elles we do as what is described in this lesson.

However, for "Nous" and "Vous", the general rule is that we take the "Présent" form of "Vous", remove the "ez" ending and replace it with "ions" and "iez". I check with verbs such as "Prendre" and "Mouvoir" and it is correct.

Can anyone verify this ?

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Philip H.B2Kwiziq community member

Revisiting Q&A for a Specific Lesson

After a listening or writing practice, I check the Q&A. Sometimes there is a discussion that I find I want to revisit later. How can I get to the Q&A for a lesson without re-doing the lesson? Also, how can I find questions I have previously posted?

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