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Elise J.A1Kwiziq 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 7 years ago

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DYLAN A.A1Kwiziq community member

Ma famille habite en France

Ma famille habite en France = my family lives in France...

Why is it not Ma famille habitent or habitons en France? Isn't family refering to "they" or "us" rather than "he" or "she" for conjugation? For example: Mes parents vivent en France. That makes sense to me because parents are like "they" so it gets the ent ending. Why is it not the same for famille? Merci!

Merci!

Asked 4 years ago

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Andrew F.C1Kwiziq 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.

Asked 7 years ago

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Kathryn M.C1Kwiziq community member

how to use ce dont

Asked 9 years ago

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