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Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

DE LA or DES

"Je vais commonder des pates" is given as the correct answer. Des is used with countable nouns. Pasta is countable?? I suppose in theory it is, but in practice it is not.

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Kevin E.B2Kwiziq community member

conjugating reflexive verbs with être4Nous ________ les cheveux. We brushed our hair(HINT: Conjugate "se brosser" (to brush) in the compound past (Passé Composé))
in the above why is the answer not brossés, nous is plural, they are brushing their teeth?nous sommes brossé

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Jim L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"En l'Angleterre" ?

The narrator absolutely, definitely says "en l'Angleterre": the text says "En Angleterre". Which is correct ?

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Shoji M.C1Kwiziq community member

"sortir" - it has both verb intransitive and transitive - can we use 2 voiced for "to be released/published" ?Le nouveau James Bond est sorti la semaine dernière.The new James Bond was released last week.
On peut aussi exprimer la même chose ("...was released last week") avec la voix passive ?: "Le nouveau James Bond a été sorti semaine dernière"

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M. E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tous les parents français la redoute !

Bonjour, should "Tous les parents la redoute" read "Tous les parents la redoutent" ? Merci, Matthew.

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Danielle A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No sound on recording...

It cuts out mid-way through.

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Ann W.C1Kwiziq community member

In the first sentence, Français is capitalized; I thought that nationalities were not capitalized: example: Je suis française. Is that incorrect?

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Function of “ne”With reference to “Ma nièce de 13 ans, elle, ne jure que par Soprano”. I see that “jurer que” means “swears”, giving us “My 13-year-old niece swears by Soprano”, but what is the “ne” doing there? I don’t think it’s the “ne explétif”, and I also don’t think it’s meant to create a “ne … que” ( = only) structure. But how & why is it there?

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Jannat B.B2Kwiziq community member

Rien and aucun

Can anyone explain to me the difference between rien and aucun?Thanks

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White L.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

avec vue ?

Why is there no article for "vue"? That is, why "avec vue sur la mer" and not "avec une vue sur la mer"? Merci!

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