Why "ils ont pris le temps" (passe compose). It seems to me this should be "ils prenaient les temps" (imparfait). This part of the sentence describes the background. Also, this is an opinion. I note that the same sentence uses provenaient (imparfait)

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est-ce que c'est que cela ?

Is this just one of those "that's just the way it is" things? "Qu'est-ce que c'est que cela ?" would be "Qu'est-ce que c'est qui est cela ?" to make grammatical sense. Wouldn't it?

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Brian B.B2Kwiziq community member

Quiz question uncertainty Hi, I just completed a quiz with the question below - the correct answer according to the quiz is “en.”
La liberté d'expression est un droit fondamental mais il faut ________respecter les limites.
To me, this is saying that we should be respecting the limits of “freedom of expression,” not the limits “of expression.” So shouldn’t the correct pronoun be “la” to reference “la liberté d'expression”? Thanks for helping me to understand this.

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xabi a.C1Kwiziq community member

Why 'an old computer' in the following sentence is using 'ancien ordinateur' ?

This was one of the questions that I encountered here.

Sentence:

I gave my old computer to an association.'' ?(HINT: here old as "that I used to own")

It turns out the correct translation is: J'ai donné mon ancien ordinateur...

Why is that?

I think it should be - J'ai donné mon ordinateur ancien...

Since, the adjective after the noun means = old

Can someone explain this to me ?

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Roman M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Dinner will be served within an hour

I consulted Reverso for the translation of two propositions from this lesson:

1. Dinner will be served within an hour

2. Dinner will be served in an hour's time

Both produce the same french phrase:

Le dîner sera servi dans une heure

My question: why Kwizbot showed error to my translation into English that read “Dinner will be served within an hour”

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Amelia M.C1Kwiziq community member

“I would like to”In this exercise, I wrote “Je tiens à” instead of “J'aimerais” and this was not an accepted alternative.

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guy h.Kwiziq community member

quelle est la différence entre les ou leur

une fin de semaine prolongée les aideraient ou une fin de semaine prolongée leur aiderait

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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est v il est

The given translation of "It's green" is "C'est vert". But surely usually it would be "Il est vert" because normally "green" applies to a specific thing. If you were talking about a landscape perhaps it could be "C'est vert", but in any case "Il est vert" should not be marked as wrong, should it? If it should, then your advanced lesson on the difference needs clarification.

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