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Victoria M.C1Kwiziq community member

Extra Words - Unnecessary?A sentence like "Tu as reçu une lettre qui est de ta cousine." seems a little wordy. Is it correct (or incorrect) to just say "Tu as reçu une lettre de ta cousine." ? Merci beaucoup!

Asked 9 years ago

Madalina S.A1Kwiziq community member

Je bois du lait . MAIS je ne bois pas de lait. Est-ce vrai?

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Olivia H.B1Kwiziq community member

How do you know when to use the future simple versus aller+ infinitive?

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John C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Naître in the present and past tensesOne of the test questions for this lesson is: Zoë est née avant Lèo. Zoë is born before Léo. Is this past tense translation correct because the speaker is necessarily speaking about a past event? Could we use the present tense here?

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Anna C.A2Kwiziq community member

Est-ce que'on peut dire - Je prend mon déjeuner?

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Sheldon P.B2Kwiziq community member

How do you translate " Je m'associe pour aimer mis pas pour hair""?

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Christine S.A2Kwiziq community member

Why is it: je vais leur téléphoner but tu détestes les entendre?

Asked 9 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Informal versionsIf the questions in this lesson sound formal and old-fashioned, what are the less formal modern equivalents? Perhaps you could add them to the lesson?

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John I.B2Kwiziq community member

Hi Laura - can you invert "n'avoir plus de" to form a question?ie - Don't you have any money left?

Asked 9 years ago

Angela P.C1Kwiziq community member

I would have have thought you would have to say avec qu'il parle In the quiz the question was "la fille avec ... il parle " I chose laquelle but the answer qui was also expected. I did not choose that because the qui should have been qu'

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