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JoakimC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

grand- agreement in gender and numberThere are many occasions in French where words have to agree with something else in the sentence. So far, it has been either agreement in *both* gender and number (e.g. conjugating passé composé with être) or no agreement (e.g. conjugating passé composé with avoir). But today I came across the plural of grand-parent: "grands-parents" with an "s" in the middle. Yet, your mother's mother is a "grand-mère", not a "grande-mère". Are there more situations where there is agreement in number but not in gender or vice versa?

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SueC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

to struggle physicallyhow would you then say to struggle physically . i struggled to climb the hill

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SueC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Not a single friend"if I wanted to say he has no friends I would write il n'a aucun ami. In english he has no friends is a little different form He hasn't a single friend, that is why I did not use aucun. how in french can one stress not a single friend because their is a difference in english"

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StephenC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can you please spell out the difference between using que/qui and ce qui/ce que

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JohnnyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"For lying" and "for having lied"?I guess this is more of an English question. What is the difference between "for lying" and "for having lied"?

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BenKwiziq community member

What about in addresses?Danemark or Le Danemark on the envelope?

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CherylC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

position of 2 adjectives describing same nounSentence: I have three pretty (noun): Do I write both French adjectives together, before the noun, please? One is a number (trois) and the other is about beauty (jolis/jolies)= BANGS rule, which ordinarily means that each of these adjectives goes before the noun when on their own; but do they still go before the noun when there are two adjectives, please? J'ai trois jolis fleurs: correct? incorrect? Cheryl

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SurendraA1Kwiziq community member

ta vs tonJ'aime bien ta voiture Puis-je emprunter ton vélo? When do we use 'ta' and when do we use 'ton'

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MatilkaC1Kwiziq community member

Passé antérieur and participleI'm having no luck translating the form, 'il eut heu'. I've run across it (or variations) three times now. It looks like a verb in the passé antérieur but none of the language reference tools I've checked recognise the participle 'heu'. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

MeghnaC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Statement unclear"parler des vacances", but "parler des enfants" for example). Is the statement missing a ´Not'?

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