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Alex M.A1Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Birmingham, en Angleterre.

Asked 8 years ago

M H.B1Kwiziq community member

Is there a liaison in the sentence Je vais à la poste?I read that a liaison is "forbidden" before the letter a, yet I have heard it used on a french study program for the foreign services. What is the correct usage? Thank you.

Asked 8 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pierre n'achète pas de véloAccording to a question here, "Pierre n'achète pas de vélo" means "Pierre doesn't buy any bike". When would you use this phrase and when would you rather say "Pierre n'achète aucun vélo" ?

Asked 8 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

e(xx)er" verbs in -ETTER, -ELLER and -E(xx)ER " Why do you specifically mention ETTER and ELLER when they are alreafy matched by the general E(xx)ER pattern?

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Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

American statesDo American states and regions for other countries, follow the same gender rules as countries themselves do?

Asked 8 years ago

Catherine B.B2Kwiziq community member

re: Do you have any change?Hi there, so if you wanted to ask the question above and you cannot say "Fais-tu avoir de la monnaie?", what do you say? Do you say "Tu as de la monnaie, n'est-ce pas? Thanks, Catherine

Asked 8 years ago

Catherine B.B2Kwiziq community member

Do you have any change?

Asked 8 years ago

Catherine B.B2Kwiziq community member

Re glacials/glaciaux and finals/finaux Hi, Just to confirm that glacials/glaciaux and finals/finaux can be interchanged, with no rule as to when to use each one? Thanks, Catherine

Asked 8 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say this in French, please?: "she could have had"could; should; would ! .. these compound constructions are a little difficult. What are the rules, if any, please?

Asked 8 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

how to say in French: "We should have been able to have gone there"3 verbs all in the past tense: how many past participles please? e.g. here's a guess of the translation: nous aurions dû pouvoir y être allés. correct?/incorrect? Merci ! Amicalement, Cheryl

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