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Difference between “s'attendre” and “attendre”

vocabulaire verbes-pronominaux

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Définition du mot ordinaire en suisse

suisse

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Un verbe peut-il avoir deux COD ?

compléments

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What is the feminine of doctor (médecin)?

sens genre genre-biologique professions

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Pronunciation of “oi” in French lyric diction

prononciation

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« Y a-t-il des » ou « y a-t-ils des » ?

grammaire choix-de-mot pronoms interrogative

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Pronunciation of “faisons” in French lyric diction

prononciation

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“On en fait quelque chose d'amusant” — what exactly does “en” refer to in this passage?

grammaire

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N faire de N N / COD, pas COD / Test de passivation

grammaire

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How to say “I was being” in French?

grammaire anglais temps-grammatical

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How to know when to use nommé or qui s'appelle?

grammaire

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Why the infinitive in “Je te remercie pour m'aider”?

infinitif noms

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“Les sessions grammaire et expression” — is “grammaire et expression” acting like an adjective describing “les sessions”?

grammaire

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Orthographe : Angers et Anjou

étymologie orthographe histoire toponymes

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“À la fin” vs “en fin de compte”

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Emploi de “me” pour “de moi”

grammaire pronoms

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“a step down” in French

expressions traduction

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« Le Renard dit au Loup : Notre cher […] » : pourquoi ?

adjectifs pluriel littérature possessif

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“auquel” with a person

pronoms

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Why is Eastern Switzerland called Suisse orientale in French?

toponymes géographie

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Any tips for learning french? [closed]

grammaire expressions vocabulaire usage prononciation

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Over-thinker in French?

traduction

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“French leave” in French

expressions traduction

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Vous en pensez — why do we need “en” there?

grammaire en

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How to know what “embrasser” means in this novel by Aragon from 1944?

sens

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Translating some rare irregular verbs?

sens verbes verbes-défectifs

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The meaning of “tu peux toujours engluer à la maison”

traduction

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“Il s'avait aimé” vs. “Il savait aimer”

oral

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Voleur au moyen-âge

histoire ancien-français

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Resources for learning French phrases (e.g. en train de=in the process of) [closed]

grammaire expressions ressources locutions

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Use of “en train de”

grammaire

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Pourquoi le mot petit est-il si répandu ?

lexique

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Usage of “temps”

usage choix-de-mot

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What’s the difference between [penser à] [infinitive] and [penser] [infinitive]?

grammaire sens synonymes

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La suppression de l'adjectif possessif en langage très familier avec l'adjectif « cher, chère » de Littré, que lui est-il arrivé ?

usage adjectifs lexique possessif

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L'emploi de l'adjectif « cher, chère » sans adjectif possessif ni nom pour exprimer la familiarité au Québec : précisions ?

adjectifs québec registre-familier possessif

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is the sentence “ces est ses amies , elle leur montre les photos” correct?

grammaire

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“Je ne reviendrai pas d'aujourd'hui” : pourquoi d'aujourd'hui ?

usage prépositions

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Pourquoi “jusqu'à aujourd'hui” au lieu de “jusqu'aujourd'hui” ?

usage locutions registre

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Conveying “What does it mean?” (“signifie” et “veut dire”)

synonymes

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Le verbe français « sonner » et le verbe anglais « sound »

traduction anglais usage anglicismes

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Conveying the idea of “he or she” with “il ou elle” [closed]

usage noms écriture-inclusive féminisation

modified Oct 16 at 12:21 Dimitris 12.1k

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Le mot “parlance”

traduction anglais étymologie histoire évolution

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L'emploi absolu d'un verbe et le verbe intransitif : perspectives ?

grammaire usage verbes origine-ou-raison transitivité

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'Bouchée' et 'gorgée'

synonymes nuance

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Find a missing word

vocabulaire

answered Oct 16 at 6:15 Greg 11.1k

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Origine de « tiens » comme interjection

sens interjections origine-ou-raison

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