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Stephanie W.A2Kwiziq community member

Vous disputer ?

Why is 'disputer' not conjugated here ? Also, is 'vous' reflexive here ?

Asked 7 months ago

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Tharushi R.A0Kwiziq community member

Question about example

Why is Marseille est la deuxième plus grande ville de France not written as Marseille est la deuxième la plus grande ville de France? Shouldn't it be la plus grande

Asked 10 months ago

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Coleen G.C1Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi est-ce qu'on écrit "...LE dimanche, on visitera l'aquarium....". Les copines ne vont pas visiter l'aquarium chaque dimanche.

Asked 9 months ago

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Anne D.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

"d’où le fait que"Léopold Sédar Senghor est né au Sénégal en 1906, époque à laquelle le pays était encore une colonie française, d'où le fait que la langue officielle soit le français.

I was wondering why "d’où le fait que" triggers the subjunctive here, when it’s describing an established fact?

Asked 7 months ago

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Sebastian S.B2Kwiziq community member

Adjective agreement with être

Je suppose qu'on peut dire "Elle est froid(e)" pour signifier "Elle n'est pas chaleureuse"? Ai-je raison? Si oui, est-ce que l'adjectif accord avec le sujet dans ce cas?

Asked 9 months ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Catastrophe vs. désastre The former was accepted but not the latter. Is désastre really not acceptable? What is the distinction ?

Asked 8 months ago

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S R.B2Kwiziq community member

Correct tense of venir in example

In example

Why venions? Subjunctive?

Asked 8 months ago

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Diane J.A0Kwiziq community member

English translations

Hi, is there anywhere to find lateral translations of French phrases, allong side the usual translations? For example, with lui and leur it would help me to have the 'to...' aswell as the usual English. Thanks.

Asked 10 months ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Translation of ’at length’

In the expression ”...where we'll be able to chat at length.”, is it possible to use ’en détail’ instead of ’longuement’ ? My dictionary gives both as possibilities.

Asked 8 months ago

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Simon A.B2Kwiziq community member

My question is below

Puis-je avoir why not apostrophe j' ?

Asked 10 months ago

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