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Juliette A.A2Kwiziq community member

Commencer à does not work

Bonjour !

I have been told by French people that I cannot apply this rule to the verb commencer à.

For example:

Je commence à faire mes devoirs. J'y commence.

I am starting to do my homework. I'm starting it.

Is it an exception ? Or is it just socially not regularly used ?

Merci !

Asked 6 years ago

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Sandra L.B2Kwiziq community member

English vs American EnglishI find it amusing from this side of the pond. It is not good English here to say he's got a brother, he has a brother is more proper to the tongue. We ask how many siblings do you have? not have you got? Just usage, neither wrong. There are numerous expressions I see you Brits use and we don't!

Asked 8 years ago

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Kazuko S.C1Kwiziq community member

J'ai une question: A-t-elle joué avec son frère?

Shouldn't "joué" be "jouée," as the subject is elle?

Asked 8 years ago

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Gloria P.A1Kwiziq community member

"Elle fait de la danse." means: She is making up a dance, She takes dance lessons, She's dancing

Bonjour, I put that "she's dancing" and can't work out why it was marked wrong, the answer is "she takes dance lessons" please could you explain?

kind regards

Gloria

Asked 6 years ago

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Charles T.C1Kwiziq community member

chemical elements ending in 'e'

Asked 7 years ago

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H. H.A1Kwiziq community member

Why isn’t Brazil masculine, it’s a country, ends in a letter other than e, not mentioned as an exception....

Asked 7 years ago

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engenious e.C1Kwiziq community member

Banals/BanauxIs this pair also interchangeable? This test question suggest otherwise: Which one of these plural forms is wrong? : géniaux, banaux, généraux, totaux

Asked 7 years ago

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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nettoie vs nettoyeNettoye the lesson gives Nettoye as the alternate spelling of nettoie but the quiz doesn't follow your lesson...I tried it just to see if it would be accepted...surely it should be marked "correct"

Asked 6 years ago

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David C.B1Kwiziq community member

How would you say: how was it?

I think it's: comment s'est passé?

Is this correct?

Asked 5 years ago

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Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

She's a good dancer - c'est? I understand that things have a male/female gender in French, unlike English where things generally are neutral, but is it really so that you can use "c'est" about a person?

Asked 7 years ago

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