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Nhu L.A2Kwiziq community member
Adjective of "vent"Hello, I was wondering if "venteux" is accepted as an adjective that you can use with "le temps est + adjective" 
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Tom H.A0Kwiziq community member
So to differentiate between "avoir" and "suis" avoir should be used in the possesive context and suis should be used in the 'personal' context?
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Anna-Liisa D.A0Kwiziq community member
NOUVE? NouvelleThe car is feminine une voiture. Why is NOUVELLE wrong? I have not seen NEUVE used before. Can you explain PLEASE. I am not happy."  I was penalised for using NOUVELLE.

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Anna-Liisa D.A0Kwiziq community member
Thank you for writing in to support. You wrote: "The car is feminine une voiture. Why is NOUVELLE wrong? I have not seen NEUVE used before. Can you ex
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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Incorrect translation of 'when she heard'

This weeks Weekend workout (A Lovely Encounter 31-09-2018) asks for a translation of 'She had just closed her eyes when she heard a little squeal comming from the bushes.'

For the 'when she heard' section I answered: 'quand elle a entendu' but the answer was given as 'quand elle entendit' (passé sample). 

Could you please explain why "quand elle a entendu" is incorrect.

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Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Quelqu'un and its derivatives

Why are quelqu'un, quelqu'une, quelques-uns, quelques-unes left out? These indefinite pronouns are more natural IMO than certain, certains, certaine, certaines and mean the same thing. In both cases you carve out a subset of individuals w/o further identification. Per robert online certain is a synonym. Here is modern and absolute meaning of QUELQU'UN..........

 1  Une personne totalement indéterminée. « On dirait que quelqu'un joue du piano quelque part » (Alain-Fournier).➙ on. Le besoin de parler àquelqu'un.
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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Conjugation of subjonctive in sentence

Nous avions dû nettoyer la maison avant que mes parents ne vissent le désordre.

What is the verb "vissent" - I can only find - voir/ils voient

Merci

Dragana

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
It's easy to Conjugate - être in Plus -que-parfait

Hi, you say - être in Présent indicatif + [past participle] for Plus-que-Parfait

is it not L'imparfait of  être + pas participle?

Merci d'avance

Dragana

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Serian E.A2Kwiziq community member
Is there any meaning change between en/l'?
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Serian E.A2Kwiziq community member
What is the difference between manquer and rater? If I wanted to use the examples above about a train or a concert, what would the difference be for the two verbs? Can I use both or is one wrong? If not, what is the change in meaning?
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