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StephenC1Kwiziq community member

NO: Is-ing and am-ingLa fille derrière qui je suis assis est belle. La fille derrière laquelle je suis assis est belle. "The girl behind whom I'm sitting is beautiful." Should it have been translated "The girl behind whom I sat is beautiful."

Asked 6 years ago

NevB2Kwiziq community member

"I only have a book" vs "I only have one book"Hi, I'm wondering about the difference between "I only have a book" and "I only have one book", which mean distinct things. It seemed to me that "Je n'ai qu'un livre" would be the former when I encountered it first. Is there anything that would differentiate the two English sentences? (No biggie, just wondering.)

Asked 6 years ago

DoryA2Kwiziq community member

Why is it grand-chose and not grande-chose?

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ArmanC1Kwiziq community member

No micro quiz?Hi, I can't seem to find the micro-quiz to any of these lessons? It's been like this for a week or so now.

Asked 6 years ago

StuartB1Kwiziq community member

Elle ne joue pas de flûte non plusI thought instruments were ‘joue de la’ (in this case flûte) - is there a reason the ‘la’ has fallen off in this example?

Asked 6 years ago

[email protected]C1Kwiziq community member

The use of pour.The problem I have is with the question of how to translate "Gregory goes away for the holidays" and one of the answers is give as "Gregory part pour les vacances." In the notes the use of "pour" as I understand is used only with future durations of events, either stated, or even implied. The question though is a general statement of habit as I read it, so is "pour allowed in these cases?

Asked 6 years ago

ReneB2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is the pronunciation of 'faisons'irregular? It sounds like 'fesons' (the 'ai' is not pronounced as in 'il fait' or 'vous faites').

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EmilyA1Kwiziq community member

How do you know whether to use à or de in front of the place name?

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StuartB1Kwiziq community member

Suzanne adore les vêtements oranges.There is a question about this and my response (above) was incorrect. Is les vêtements an exception to adding the ‘s’ at the end to orange? I couldn’t see the exception in the discussion. Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

KariB2Kwiziq community member

How would you simply say "I have my BA?"In English I would say "I received my BA in 1995" when referring to a specific point in time but in general conversation with someone I would simply say "I have my BA" to indicate that I had that degree so how would I make the distinction in French or do you simply not have that meaning in French?

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