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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

quelqu'un de plus nerveuxSomeone more nervous translates as quelqu'un de plus nerveux in the weekly translation quiz. Can you please explain why de is used here? Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hello, on the video on countries China is wrong. It is la Chine

Asked 6 years ago

peter b.C1Kwiziq community member

apresI will do this after I wash my hands. Will do is future, wash is present why do I need to use the past tense for wash. The sentence I am setting up future after present tense and the present tense is "past" relative to the future tense

Asked 6 years ago

Karen H.C1Kwiziq community member

ses jours de congé: I'm doing one of your translation tests - why is there no S on congé please, even though it's jours with an s? Thank you!

Asked 6 years ago

Claire B.A2Kwiziq community member

Chercher à?Isn't it understood structure "chercher à," thus an indirect object would be used? I put "Il lui cherche" on a kwizz and got it wrong.

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Anne W.C1Kwiziq community member

What's wrong with La lettre a été envoyée par Einstein lui-même.

Asked 6 years ago

dernier l.B1Kwiziq community member

“Put down that phone! Making doe eyes with a screen in-between, if that worked, we would know!” what does this mean? I don’t even understand the English translation.

Asked 6 years ago

Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Plaire à vs aimer

Don't know about other people but I would really appreciate a section in the lesson on when to use "aimer" and when to say "plaire à". Great lessons individually on how to use these two expressions but not on when or why one is used instead of the other. Merçi!

Asked 6 years ago

Oldrich G.A1Kwiziq community member

Can I skip the cities/countries lessons till later?I've been doing your excellent course for almost a week. For me, the dynamic algorithmic quizzes are a superb feature. I believe in "Active recall", as used in Anki.

I'm still in the "initial enthusiasm" stage, where I try to take maximum advantage of the initial surge, before gradually levelling off to a normal rate.

On today's dashboard, I notice that there are five recommended lessons relating to countries, cities, and so on.

I'm striving to think of a reason why it would be great to know, for example, "la Cornouailles". I suppose if I were in France, and someone asked me if I came from "la Cornouailles", I could say "Oui", or possibly "Non".

I've worked in five countries having five different language. (That's why I now speak and write very short sentences. Sorry about that.) I don't recall ever needing to know the name of a different country, or a town in a different country.

So, is it possible for me to simply postpone these lessons until later? Would that screw up my Dashboard? If I do the quizzes quickly by giving the first anwer that occurs to me, would that confuse the bot?

Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

Steven L.C1Kwiziq community member

Déscendre and monter.. I just can’t get to grips with these two in the passé composé with Avoir and être… I struggle to get the difference between the examples in the lesson and then struggle even more in the quizzes! Is there a trick to understanding the difference between the two versions? Thank you

Asked 6 years ago

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