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Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

'tout' (everything) vs 'tous' or 'toutes' (all of them)'Tout' ('too') means 'everything, and its pronunciation must be distinguished from: 'Tous' ('toos') and 'toutes' ('toot') mean all of them. With these ('all of them') Here, there are 2 cases: 1. when used as the noun: (tous etaient content - all of them were happy-'toos'); 2. when used as an adjective of the noun 'they' (as in 'they all' or 'they were ll'): (ils etaient tous content - they were all happy - 'too') The weird one is 'ils l'ont tous eu' - they all passed - by the rule 'tous' should be pronounced 'too', but is pronounced 'toos' because of liaison. Is this correct?

Asked 8 years ago

William S.C1Kwiziq community member

Is there a difference between aiguë and aigüe?In Larousse I can only find aiguë for the English "Shrill" or "Acute"

Asked 8 years ago

Umi O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

dans l'après midi OR l'après-midi ?

Hello!! I would like to know if we could use both "dans l'après-midi" and 'l'après- midi" when we want to say, "in the afternoon." Also, in the morning in French, we don't use "dans" correct? The same for "in the evening"?? Merci beaucoup !!! I look forward to the answers.

Asked 2 years ago

T.G. O.A1Kwiziq community member

When is the formula "finir + de" used? I noticed this in a few of the examples, where it was "conjugated form of finir + de + infinitive verb"

Asked 5 years ago

Dank M.A0Kwiziq community member

Using ans and age . when i form a sentence j'ai qunize ans. The direct translation is i am 15. How do i say"I am fifteen years old"?

where do i put the word age in the sentence and why?

Asked 5 years ago

M S.A2Kwiziq community member

Starting a sentence with "quoi"I was marked wrong on using 'quoi" as "what" at the start a sentence. The correct answer is supposedly "que." Why is "quoi" not also acceptable?

Asked 6 years ago

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

taire vs se taireElles ont tu la raison...mais j'ai pensé taire est réflexive....?

Asked 8 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Allez tout le mondeIf tout le monde is considered singular when conjugating verbs, is " allez tout le monde" correct ? I have seen this written in a French text.

Asked 7 years ago

Jim J.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Marc lève la tête.

Asked 8 years ago

William S.C1Kwiziq community member

Different grammar for "après que" and "avant que"?Après que uses the indicative while the avant que uses the "ne" plus subjunctive. They appear to express similar thought, after and before. Perhaps there is a difference sense in French. Thoughts.

Asked 8 years ago

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