I'm not sure why but in this lesson, the examples I see are all in English. There is no French translation. Anyone else had this problem? I have seen it once or twice before.

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Tom A.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

faire de lui / en faire

I notice that the preferred translation of 'which makes him the first Frenchman to be in charge of the ISS' is 'ce qui fait de lui le premier Français en charge de la SSI' rather than 'ce qui en fait le premier ...'. All the grammar books I look at say that en can stand for 'de' plus a person - but I can see that in practice 'en fait' for 'makes him' is almost never said in French. Is it just too literary for this kind of phrase?

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Daniel E.C1Kwiziq community member

Quiz question 'Ils ont besoin que nous ________ avant le début de la cérémonie.'Ils ont besoin que nous ________ avant le début de la cérémonie.They need us to arrive before the beginning of the ceremony.(HINT: Conjugate arriver in Le Subjonctif Passé)
Why does this question require le subjonctif passé, rather than merely the present subjunctive?Couldn't I just use this?Ils ont besoin que nous arrivions avant le début de la cérémonie

Instead:Ils ont besoin que nous soyons arrivés avant le début de la cérémonie ? But doesn't this translate as "They need us to have arrived before the beginning of the ceremony"?

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rhys t.A2Kwiziq community member

Visiter not in the infinitive form

sorry if this is a stupid question but why isn't visiter written in the infinitive form after a conjugated verb (rendre)

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Nick S.C1Kwiziq community member