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Why does past participle following a reflexive verb agree? [duplicate]

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What's the French equivalent for “oversharing”

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Why does bêta have an accent?

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What's the difference between “faire un retour” and “faire une réflexion”?

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« Il y a de vieux sweats dans l'armoire, et je les recyclerai quand j'en aurai le temps. »

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What is the feminine form of the word “maître” and its meaning?

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Que signifie l'expression « être au vilain » ?

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Translation of “surface roads”

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What's the translation of “emote" in French?

traduction jeux langage-des-jeunes internet

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Grammatical correctness, and meaning changes, when changing tense, time words, and “se rendre” vs “être arrivé”

grammaire temps-grammatical

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What's the translation of “hoon" in French?

traduction transports

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Can we say that French language is a little bit inconsistent?

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Question about pronouns

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What's the difference between “émoi” and “émotion”?

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Past participle “rendu” being used as an adjective, but not directly applying to a noun nor using a copula? (“rendue à” meaning “when I went to”)

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Is it okay to say 'Pourquoi a-t-il mal à son estomac'? A French learning website marked it wrong

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Adjectif possessif ou article défini ?

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Is it correct to say 'Je n'ai pas envie de course a pied aujourdhui' to mean 'I don't want to run today'?

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Rime mais au début

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What is “avec que” in this sentence?

grammaire

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What does “être à + infinitive” mean?

grammaire infinitif

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What's the translation of a “breakthrough infection" in French?

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Six janvier, dix mars, etc

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Is it correct to say “nous on est là”?

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I want the new cars: “Je veux les nouvelles voitures” or “Je veux la nouvelles voitures” Not obviously just gender/number agreement so read please!

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Peut-on établir un lien quelconque entre “mousse” et “moissine” ?

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Pedestrian argument

traduction expressions-idiomatiques

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L'emploi argotique du mot “garagiste”

sens choix-de-mot argot littérature

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Is “être de la jaquette volante” a derogatory term?

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Difference between “frappe” and “coup”

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Why is 'que' used here? Shouldn't it be 'où' ?

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What's the meaning of: Ça me changeait beaucoup de ma maison…?

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Un hivernage fécond - Qu’est-ce que c’est ?

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Différence entre « ne … que » et « ne … que … seul »

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Can “parce que” be followed by a noun phrase, instead of a finite clause?

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Quelle est la plus belle forme de politesse pour effectuer une demande à un supérieur

formulation politesse supérieur

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Sentence containing “une canne pour se taper dessus”, seems to say “hit themselves with sticks”?

grammaire sens verbes-pronominaux

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What is a short phrase to express the will to always progress in life? [closed]

traduction

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Le « passe » sanitaire : passeport ou laisser-passer ou autrement etc. ?

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Les constructions « être interprété/perçu/vu comme » sont-elles idiomatiques?

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L'emploi métonymique « être positif » peut-il avoir un complément et quel serait-il ?

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Why is “en” used in “j'en ai encore des frissons”? [duplicate]

grammaire en

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L'emploi adj. du part. présent du verbe “enfumer”

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A frappe de / d'un / du martelet

articles

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How do you say “a B student” in French?

traduction

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Phrase avec « c’en sont » ou « c’en est »

choix-de-mot formulation-idiomatique formulation reformulation

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group vs. groupe [closed]

traduction homonymes différence

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What does “la fois” mean in “prend forme à la fois dans…”

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