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Is this tense more commonly used in French than in English? I hardly ever speak like this in English and I find it to be a strange tense to learn since it doesn't seem likely that we learners will be reminiscing in French. That seems to be it's only use.
Why do you say je ne joue pas du piano instead of je ne joue pas de piano? Is this correct and if so why, please?
In this text, the adverb "necessarily" in the sentence "I don't believe that it is necessarily a negative concept" is translated only as "necessairement", without "forcément" being one of the alternatives. When would you use one adverb rather than the other?
1)I used 'formidable' instead of 'genial'. Is it right?
2)Usually bac is used for bins. Here its used for 'tray'.I thought it was 'plateau' for tray.
Merci
What is la friandise phare in English?L
Elle et moi n'avons pas le même rythme de vie, je comprends ça
could I say instead :
Elle et moi n’avons pas le même rythme de vie, je le comprends
Given the sentence: 'Gwoka combines music, singing and dancing' to translate I used 'allie' which I did consider as a synonym to 'combine', yet it was marked as a mistake...
I am confused though, was it really wrong?
Hi,
This sentence:
Palme d’Or is the highest prize awarded every year at the Cannes film festival. = La Palme d'Or est la plus haute distinction décernée chaque année au Festival de Cannes.
Why is it décernée with the extra "e"? Thank you
Dear Aurélie,
These writing exercises are a true exercise in humility. I test in the 90's for C1 grammar but I consistently fail (often get less than 50%) in the writing exercises. It took me over a year to accept this - I always would find my performance very disappointing and avoided the exercises (tip to others: don't avoid. They will improve your French, painfully and slowly in my case). The writing exercises are excellent and introduce a wide variety of expressions and of contexts, but perhaps students should be forewarned that one's grammar level on Kwiziq will be higher than one's performance on the translation/writing exercises.
In the sentence , doesn't sound like it starts with a . I listen to that over and over again and I just couldn't hear . Does anyone else get that problem?
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