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JeffreyA2Kwiziq community member

Noun inside the negation?In one of the questions on an exam, the correct answer was "Il ne voit Julie nulle part". Why is Julie included in between "ne" and "nulle part" while a sentence like "Il ne voit pas Julie" has Julie outside of the negation?

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JaneC1Kwiziq community member

what other verbs have the prep. already built in, eg attendre, regarder

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OpeyemiB2Kwiziq community member

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on utilise eu

Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been cold that winter. Pourquoi on utilise “eu”, Est ce qu’on peut utiliser “ete” C’est a dire, il aura ete froid cet hiver -la

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YellamarajuC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le impérfait is also used to express a habit like "avoir l'habitude de"Ils avaient l'habitude de se coucher avant 10 heures / Ils se couchaient avant 10 heures; Do both can be used to mean "used to go to bed before 10"?

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AmberA1Kwiziq community member

To use this in everyday speech, are you really saying this is where you were born or grew up?

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Ly fenC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hi, can we only use "pour+infinitive" in the present time, if an action is not happened yet?example: Je lui dire pour l'aider, or Il m'aide pour terminer ce travail plus vite.

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HiraA0Kwiziq community member

J'habite un pakistanIs this correct?

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JenniferC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say she ought to really stop seeing himI want to know how French differentiates between ought and should

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JudyC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"C'était la dernière fois que je venais te vois." Why does "que je venais" translate to "that I was coming" and not "that I came"?

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AdamC1Kwiziq community member

C'est moi qui payeWhy can't you just say Je paye? Or someone corrected me after I said that my small daughter is ill (La petite est malade <- wrong, C'est la petite qui est malade <- why?)

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