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Máximo B1Kwiziq community member

Why is it used "c'etait" with a meaning of passé composé ? I.e. "C'etait une belle soirée " Thanks!

Asked 8 years ago

HilaryC1Kwiziq community member

Nous ne mangeons pas de lapereau- why not lapereaux?

Asked 8 years ago

JohnC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say a "half-bottle" of wine?In the US we call the 375ml-sized bottle a "half-bottle." Is there an equivalent in French that does not mean "half a bottle" but refers to the size of the bottle?

Asked 8 years ago

HopeA0Kwiziq community member

How do I know when to put a dash between words? Example: as-tu, avez-vous.

Asked 8 years ago

JoakimC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Qui vs queIn this lesson, I would like to see something about the difference between 'qui est-ce que' and 'qui est-ce qui'

Asked 8 years ago

CharlesA1Kwiziq community member

T'asActually I saw people using 't'as' in sitcoms, and I guessed it should be 'tu as'. Do we get to use that once we are more advanced? It's an informal expression, right?

Asked 8 years ago

CharlesA1Kwiziq community member

Two questions about Tu and VousIf there's a case that my teacher (or teacher's assistent) is somewhere near my age or we have known each other for a while (usually educators want to be as quick as possible to befriend students during class, so that would be approximately two weeks), should I address them in Tu or Vous? Another case is that what if I've chatted with a person whom I've just met for an hour and after a while I text that person in Tu, would I sound repelling? Merci beaucoup in advance!

Asked 8 years ago

AndreC1Kwiziq community member

How to express why something happened

Asked 8 years ago

KimA2Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Canterbury, en Anglaterre

Asked 8 years ago

JoakimC1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ConfusedIn another exercise, we were supposed to translate 'I got bored' to 'Je me suis ennuyé'. Isn't that also a state of being that should use l'imparfait?

Asked 8 years ago

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