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stella rachel j.Kwiziq community member

Passe compose ou à l'imparfait

C' ____(être) une petite histoire de la brosse à dents que je ____(lire). Ce sont des Chinois qui _____(inventer) la brosse à dents au 15 siècle. A cette époque* - là, elle ____(être) faite de poils de sangliers* et d'un manche en ivoire*. Les Français _____(commencer) à se servir d'une brosse à dents sous Louis XIV.

Asked 4 years ago

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C. H.B2Kwiziq community member

'In a line' for 'Faire la queue' - Sorry, that's not English. "J'ai fait la queue ce matin." means:I was in a line this morning.
Being in a line is not English for 'queuing up' ... even in your examples, you don't translate '..fait la queue ...' in this way.

Asked 4 years ago

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Janet M.B1Kwiziq community member

The test marked my answer wrong but the correct answer is identicalMarie vient demain, n'est-ce pas

Asked 3 years ago

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Rita B.A1Kwiziq community member

adverbs and object's gender

do these adverbs need to agree with the object's gender?

Asked 4 years ago

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Martin S.B2Kwiziq community member

Negative use of falloir but also incorporating "...l'on..."

Interesting to read but I'm getting a bit stuck on "l'on" as in "il ne faut pas que l'on nous voie". Why is the "l' " necessary? What does it refer to?

Asked 2 years ago

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Emily H.A2Kwiziq community member

"rentrerons à la maison"

Why can't we say retournerons chez nous?

Asked 2 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Apart from this being an expression, « On n'a pas tous les jours vingt ans".What Sean has written.. is that right or wrong? on n’a que vingt ans une ?

Asked 4 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member