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Euphony F.B2Kwiziq community member

Question related to the tense used

The text begins with present tense, but then why is it l'imparfait, when they are discussing menu. I didn't understand the reason behind it.

Asked 5 months ago

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andy f.B2Kwiziq community member

Q on agreement que l'aubergiste local lui avait servie

Is servie correct

Shouldn't it be Servi as there is no agreement with aubergiste when indirect pronoun

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Typo in line 3

The line 3 response :

"Oui, je souffre d'un mal de dents intense" is being corrected by Kwiziq to "Oui, je souffre d'un mal de de dents intense" - two 'de'

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Sebastian S.B2Kwiziq community member

Gendering of names

I find the questions which ask things like "If I say "Tu es français.", who am I speaking to: Lucie or Hugo?" quite frustrating, because the gendering of names isn't fixed. According to https://madame.lefigaro.fr/prenoms/prenom/garcon/lucie, Lucie, whilst predominantely feminine, has been a mixed name for over a century.

It might be helpful to add a hint to these kinds of questions that says "Hugo is male, Lucie is female".

Asked 4 months ago

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Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of "et"

Et pour les petits creux et autres faims de loup

To my ear the "et" in this sentence sounds like the way I would (try to) pronounce "eux". Is the pronunciation here idiomatic ?

These listening exercises are really helping me, Thanks!

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M L.B2Kwiziq community member

Transitive yet still uses être?Comment se sont passées tes vacances ?How did your holidays go?
For this lesson example, there is no preposition here (transitive), yet être is still used as the auxiliary? Doesn't this contradict the rule?

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Kalpana S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Les airs Hi: I'm puzzled by the use of the plural form "les airs" in this phrase: "les fleurets élancés qui fendent les airs." Why not: "qui fendent l'air"?

Thank you!

Kalpana

Asked 4 months ago

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Flo T.B2Kwiziq community member

A little sore throat - une petite gorge irritée?

Moi j'ai dit "une petite gorge irritée" comme j'ai vu sur WordReference, mais ce n'était pas correcte. Est-ce que c'est trop familier pour cette situation? Merci d'avance!

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Andrew O.B2Kwiziq community member

Déménager vs EmménagerI used déménager for moving to the new apartment. I thought that emménager would be to move in with someone. Can someone clarify? Thanks.

Asked 4 months ago

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Karl G.B2Kwiziq community member

Ou s'il s'arrête brusquement

Why is, ”ou s'il s'arrête brusquement” in third person singular instead of third person plural?

Merci

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