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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Do I always have to use " en silence " instead of " silencieusement " ?

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

aller à and aller bien àCan you please explain when to use bien. In the examples where bien is used it is sometimes translated as "really" and sometimes ignored in the translation.

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aren't there some past participles that don't ever agree? In 501 verbs, some are listed with their pp showing possible agreement and some not. Eg réveillé(e)(s) but réussi

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R. E.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why not use elle instead of lui in the above sentence Il lui envoie deux millieurs de roses. Same for Il lui envoie deux mille rose? Are these typos?

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D. V.C1Kwiziq community member

Je m'attendais à ce que tu me demandes en mariage.According to the lesson as I understand it, this has a negative connotation. As in, I was afraid/nervous/apprehensive you would ask me to marry you. Do I have that right? Also, if one wanted to say, “I was waiting (with excitement) for you to ask me to marry you”, would it be J'attendais que tu me demandes en marriage.?

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So French doesn't have " should have, " it has " I've had to + verb. " Maybe this should be mentioned in the lesson, because once you read the French sentences as " I've had to " etc, it makes it a lot easier.

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So basically French doesn't have " could have, " it has, " have been capable of. "With " pu " being the one translated to " been capable of. " I think this should be in the lesson, to make this easier to understand.

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D. V.C1Kwiziq community member

Faire les course v. Faire des courses

I learned that the difference here is:

faire les courses = grocery shopping

faire des courses = running errands (still not leisure shopping but includes things like pharmacy, dry cleaning, dog to groomer etc.j

Is this correct?

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Jacqui T.C1Kwiziq community member

why is the passé composé used here: "depuis que je t'ai rencontré"?

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jot a.A0Kwiziq community member

Vous habitez ou

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