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JoannaC1Kwiziq community member

Est-ce qu'on dit j'ai beaucoup de faim ou j'ai très faim? (I'm very hungry) J'ai lu

Asked 6 years ago

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Do city names have gender?According to the lesson below, you have to use de/du depending on a country's gender. Is it the same for cities? https://kwiziq.learnfrenchwithalexa.com/my-languages/french/tests/results/1861632/system?quick-lesson-popup=1

Asked 5 years ago

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CherylC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The position of "prochain/prochaine", relative to nouns.In the following sentence from a quizz: Aujourd'hui, les fantômes ________(choisissent) leur prochaine victime. - Why is "prochaine" positioned before the noun, please? Yet, if we say "next week", we say: "la semaine prochaine". Cheryl

Asked 6 years ago

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ManpreetA0Kwiziq community member

Difference between article definis and article indefinis

What is the difference between article definis and article indefinis. Why can't we use les or des for a plural, or any of these?

Asked 3 years ago

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SimonKwiziq team member

I'm confused about difference beween emménager and déménagerDéménager means to move from right, so why would I say (or would I?) Say "quand on a déménagé ici" for"when we moved here" have you got a clever illustration to help me remember?

Asked 7 years ago

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JohnC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je voudrais v j'aimeraisWhat is the difference in usage between je voudrais and j'aimerais? I have heard elsewhere that j'aimerais is appropriate when asking for something that you might not get or are unlikely to get. Is that correct?

Asked 4 years ago

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ColleenA2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

When is ´ça fais’ or ´ça fait’ used? Does it refer to a time factor such as ´I’ve been waiting for five minutes’?

Asked 4 years ago

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EliseA1Kwiziq community member

Gender of instruments?In these examples, instruments that end in -e are feminine while those that don't are masculine. Does this usually hold true?

Asked 5 years ago

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Christine C1Kwiziq community member

Cher or Chère

Why isn’t it chère when describing the cost of the PlayStation which is feminine?

Asked 3 years ago

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AndrewC1Kwiziq community member

Placement of y in a sentence using futur procheI thought there was a rule that "y" should come before the verb (including auxiliary verb). There seems to be an exception when using the futur proche? For example: Je vais y reflechir rather than J'y vais reflechir.

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