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Gregory S.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement of past particple with avoir auxillary

There might be an error on a test I just took. The question as written is "Ma mère nous a récompensés pour nous être comportés... The sentence as given shows an agreement between the past participle of récompenser, and the auxilliary, avoir. Is this correct? My instincts say "Non", but perhaps I'm missing something.

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Boss A.A2Kwiziq community member

Partir and Sortir

Is it right to say both

Je part de la maison

Je sors de la maison

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fan z.A1Kwiziq community member

“Nous mourons tous un jour” why is it "tous" here?

what does "tous un jour" mean? Thanks.

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Avoir de la chance

Why in this example "ce qui n'est vraiment pas de chance" do we use être rather than the avoir we usually see with avoir de la chance?

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Brenda B.A1Kwiziq community member

Tôt vs. en avance. When is tôt used?

When is tôt used versus En avance?

Also pile versus a l’heure ?

How do these words differ in their usage?

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

imparfait vs plus que parfait

for translating the phrase, "who had been waiting for the snow...the correct answer used the imparfait. Wouldn't that be translated as was waiting? (Rather than had been waiting)

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Faithandrews L.A0Kwiziq community member

Also, On can be used to refer to ''you'' as in lots of people but I thought that was the translation/ role of Vous?

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Gavin C.A1Kwiziq community member

Before I turn this in, can someone make sure that this paragraph isn't a garbled mess?Je m'appelle Gavin.

J'ai quatorze ans.

Je suis un fils unique, mais j'ai deux chats, à qui s'appellent Kevin et Marcus.

Mes parents s'appellent Michelle et Robert.

Je suis grande, environ 177 cm.

J'adore jouer à jeux vidéo et mes favorites sont Rocket League, Madden 20, et Forza Horizon 4.

À mon avis, je suis créatif, intelligent et calme.

Mon équipe de football américaine préférée est les Philadelphia Eagles et en Ligue 1 Française, j'aime Olympique de Marseille

Pendant mon temps libre, j'aime jouer à jeux vidéo et regarde YouTube.

Aprés-l'ecole, je répète du theatre.

Je suis l'assistant-régisseur de Mamma Mia, qui ouvrira en novembre.

J'écoute musique souvent et je préfère la musique rap.

Je jouais au basket et au baseball, mais je joue au football américain maintenant.

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Stuart C.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I go to work ?

How can “I cycle to work” become “I am going to work” (near future) by bike. That would be if he is a courrier. Shouldn’t it be « je vais au travaille » ? And I thought that by bike would be à vélo.

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Kathleen B.A2Kwiziq community member

mamie gateau

What exactly does this phrase mean? I translate something like "Like a good granny cake". What is a granny cake?

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