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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the lesson we are to translate "It was my favorite word for years" The word referred to was baguette. Since it is a specific word, why is the translation using C'est?

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Wendy D.A1Kwiziq community member

I was always told not to use the female for a cat as it is very vulgar in French

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of sur ?

In 'Lawless French - Grammar Lessons there is the following example denoting 'going to' that uses SUR not À.

un vol SUR Paris > a flight to Paris

'sur' is not mentioned in the lesson above, could you please explain.

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S. H.C1Kwiziq community member

Bonsoir. In the lesson samples, "Je la lui donne" is translated as "I give it to him/her." However, in the mini quiz, I chose both "She shows it tohim" and "She shows it to her" as possible taranslations for "Elle la lui montre" and this was scored as "nearly correct." Why is that?

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Simon A.A1Kwiziq community member

Lis

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Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je l'aiderai jusqu'à ce qu'elle puisse le faire toute seulePourrais-je utiliser <lui-même> au lieu de <toute seule> dans cette phrase? Je n'ai jamais vu <toute seule> mais je le comprends. Merci d'avance de m'avoir aidé. Don

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Julianne Q.B2Kwiziq community member

why is 'du' used for Alana est descendu du train juste a temps?the instructions prior says 'de' becomes 'du' when followed by le or les - neither of which occurs in this example. is it because train is masculine? and the du train replaces 'de le train'? It's a bit unclear given de l' is used in the example with masculine noun l'avion - 'Aurelie descend de l'avion'. thank you

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Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How does one say "He has a bad knee" in French?ie, a chronically bad knee, as opposed to one that it is in pain right now?

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fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is 'desservir' to clear and to service at the same time?

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Terence O.A0Kwiziq community member

When would you use << faire >> as compared to other verbs? For example, "I am making a cake" as compared to "I am baking a cake". I guess I'm asking whether it's safe to substitute << faire >> for other French verbs that I haven't learnt if in English the verb can be replaced with "doing" or "making".

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