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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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Rob Y.B1Kwiziq community member

Asking a question in FrenchWouldn't "Allez-vous au cinéma ce soir" without a question mark be a statement i.e. Go to the cinema tonight?

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Andrea N.C1Kwiziq community member

"Je suis entré dans le salon sans que tu ne me voies." Since the main verb is not negated, aren't you NOT supposed to use the ne explétif?

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Andrea N.C1Kwiziq community member

"Je suis entré dans le salon sans que tu ne me voies."

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Lisa K.A2Kwiziq community member

In your example of the tu form of appeler, is that correct?

j'appelle

tu appelles Shouldn't this be (t'appelles)? If not, why?

il/elle/on appelle

nous appelons

vous appelez

ils/elles appellent

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R. S.B2Kwiziq community member

Same problem for "I only DID my homework." As opposed to EATING my homework? Lol!

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R. S.B2Kwiziq community member

The explanations for the examples are very confusing. "We only ATE sweets." I'm not sure when someone would say this...

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John N.A1Kwiziq community member

"d'entre eux" often refers to people. example: trois d'entre eux sont interessants as opposed to "trois d'elles". With aucun "d'entre eux" refers to both people and things?

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passé composé neverAre negative statements in the past, e.g. jamais, mostly passe composé rather than imparfait. I can't décide if 'never' is an ongoing state (i never learnt to ski) or a terminated action (i never ate it) but as i write this i am thinking context dependant , but since i have already written it i will post it ; )

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Jane T.A1Kwiziq community member

Could you also say "C'est tres bon?" Instead of "Il est tres bon?"

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