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Laura L.A0Kwiziq community member
je viens d'ottawa :)
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R. E.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
direct vs. indirect object

Ex. from above:  Ils ont réussi à la convaincre.  Subject They/verb succeeded - requires preposition à before infinitive verb convaincre to convince?

  I am wondering why "la" direct object is used here instead of "lui" please?  Merci! 

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LORNA L.A2Kwiziq community member
I am not getting any dialogue
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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
To translate "And it was with stars in my eyes that I came out of that magical place," I used j'étais sortie de cet endroit magique. But the answer wawas in the p. c. thus: je suis sortie. Please explain why 
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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Why is "I was immediately fascinated by" translated in the p.c.? To me it is a description of how the person felt, thus I used the plus que parfait.
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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Can "vibrant colors" be translated, couleurs vives? or just couleurs vibrant?
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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
en ...add footnote?Would it be possibe to add a note addressing the use of “en” in this sentance? “Je voulais en savoir plus de cet artiste ensorcelant.”  I understand why “en” replaces but not the underpinning of this structure where it is not referring to a previous subject and where the object is wtitten out.  This part of the lesson on “en” is probablt covered in another lesson covering other aspects of the use of “en” but not here....
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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
translation of 'so that shapes appear'.

In the lesson 'Pour que (so that, in order that) is always followed by Le Subjonctif '  it states that the subjunctive is used: When something happens so that / in order that someone else does something.

The translation given for 'so that shapes appear' is 'pour que des formes apparaissent'.

As there is no 'someone else' involved here, presumably apparaissent is not in the subjunctive?

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Bharadwaj n.A1Kwiziq community member
Why we say in French, “cette école “. Why it is not “cet école”? Because you école start with a vowel.
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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Bonjour

What if you wanted to say "Give him to me", would that be "Donne-lui-moi"?  Or would that also be "Donne-le-moi"?

Does "donne-lui-moi" exist?

Merci

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