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Daniel O.A1Kwiziq community member

INDEED A VERY INTERESTING LANGUAGE but why do we use avoir instead of etre

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Rob L.C1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of "t" in "C'est à moi"Why does the pronunciation accompanying this lesson not pronounce the "t" in "C'est à moi"? I have another French language program (and a French speaking daughter) which does pronounce it. Is this possibly a regional difference? Which is correct in formal Parisian French?

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Mary M.C1Kwiziq community member

Je viens du pays-bas or je viens des pays-bas. Pays- bas singular or plural?

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Rebecca R.A2Kwiziq community member

Also confused about inversion being more formal. I learned that Qu'est-ce que vous aimez? is more formal than Qu'aimez vous?. Did I learn it wrong?

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Rob L.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is "le Docteur compétent Quinn" wrong, and how should that sentence be corrected? Thanks!

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Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Du or de Why isn't it "du lait" instead of "de lait"?

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D. O.C1Kwiziq community member

B2 writing exercise June 9,2018

In the B2 writing exercise, occurs the following phrase: le Ministère a finalement confirmé ce lundi for: the Ministry finally confirmed this Monday.

If ce is a demonstrative adjective, this construction seems incorrect. I translated it as le Ministère l'a confirmé lundi.

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Yoel W.C1Kwiziq community member

So why does this sentence ''Rosa craint que nous n'allions en vacances.'' mean that Rosa fears she will not go on vacation? The wrong answer on the quiz leads to the lesson on "ne expletif" that states that the ne does not have any negative meaning. So that would make it seem that Rosa is fearing that we may go on vacation. But the answer is that Rosa is fearing that we will NOT go on vacation. Can you please break this sentence down and explain how the "ne expletif" fits into this?

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Tina K.C1Kwiziq community member

In the explanation you have '(juste) au cas où' but you have marked me wrong for putting the word 'juste' in brackets.

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say, " Not again! " in French then?

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