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S'il vous plaît, pourriez-vous me dire ce que le mot "l'ouiement" signifie? (L'ouiement des sirènes). Je ne peux pas le
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To all our Canadian friends - HappyBoxing Day. And to everyone - may the coming year bring you great health and lots of
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Merry Christmas - Happy Holidays to everyone and a special "Thank You" to all the wonderful Jiskha teachers; may you be rewarded
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He is feeling fine and we do not expect any problems with his health this time.Il se sent bien et nous ne comptons pas d'avoir
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Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, quelle de ces phrases est correct?Je voudrais dire: "It has been two years since we were
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Bonjour!Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, quelle de ces phrases et correct? Je veux dire: " it has been two years since we
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a) The OH- concentration of 0.050 M ammonia, NH3, is 9.5x10^-4. Write the equilibrium equation for its ionization and the
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Happy Boxing Day!!!
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Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and lots of health, happiness and prosperity for 2011 to all the wonderful teachers at Jiskha.
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Happy Thanksgiving/ un heureux jour de l'action de grâce.
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Could you please let me know which sentence is better (more correct)?1) C'est difficile à croire qu'il est déjà le mois
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After having studied all the sites suggested by Sra and Writeacher,I have found, that "eponym", as well as "toponym", has two
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"Athena" is an eponym and "athenian" a toponym, but is there also a "-nym" for "Athens"?
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I have done some extensive research on the various "-nyms", but I am still a bit unsure about the difference betweenEPONYM and
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I do not generally play online games, but I have come across two that I think are not only fun, but educational as well. Would I
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Thank you so much Ms. Sue and merci beaucoup SraJMcGin. I have found the term I was searching for; it is BAJADA.
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I know that a peneplain is a flat area due to erosion, but what is the term for a flat area due to deposition?I am generally
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One more question, please. I know it is commonly accepted to say, for example:He is taller than her. But isn't that
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Could you please tell me if I placed these commas correctly?1) With all this rain, I, too, am beginning to miss the sunshine. 2)
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Could you please tell my why it is:"Une vraie joie de vivre habite cette famille" and not: "Une vraie joie de vivre vit cette
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Just in case you didn't see my correction to your earlier post, I am repeating it here.Because the gender for "Mädchen" is
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Many of your questions had to do with CASES; in German there are three genders (masculine, feminine and neutral) and the CASES
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Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and all the very best for 2010 to all the wonderful teachers. Thank you for all your help!!!
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Could you please clarify the pronounciation-matter with the word SEPT?In my book it states that the final consonants of the
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I would like to know if there is an explanation for why "70" is soixante-dix and not "septante"; "80" quatre-vingt and not
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Bonjour, Mme! Pourriez-vous me dire comment on dit "cookies" en français, s'il vous plaît?J'ai essayé un "translator site" en
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Difference between "qui est-ce qui" and"qui est-ce que" and also between "qu'est-ce qui" and "qu'est-ce que" 1) who is there -
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Bonjour et Joyeux Pâques!Could you please check the following; my question concerns the use of LEUR and LEURS I know that it is
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I think that perhaps it would be great if I could take a look at the review sheets that you mentioned, if it is not too much
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I thought I understood this but now I read a couple of conflicting sentences; could you please check this and correct the
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I know that "prendre" and "emporter"(for portable items) both mean "to take" but somehow I have the feeling that they are not
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Could you please tell me when I need to use:"Je ferai un voyage en France" andwhen "Je vais faire un voyage en France" I know
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I just read the following in one of my books: "Je suis importateur d'objets d'art de France et du Maroc."I am wondering why it
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Am I correct in assuming that the "p" in the word "compter" (je compte) is not pronounced? I tried an audio dictionary but
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1) Since it is "je t'ai aimé" would the negation be "je ne t'ai pas aimé"??2) Is the negation of "je t'aime" "je ne t'aime
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Are "sous" "au-dessous de" synonyms?Could I say: "le chien dort sous la table" (the dog sleeps under the table) and also: "le
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Are "sous" "au-dessous de" synonyms?Could I say: "le chien dort sous la table" (the dog sleeps under the table) and also: "le
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On dit, je crois, "vous ne m'avez pas compris: (you did not understand me).But, if I want to say "Didn't you understand me", is
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Instead of "je ne parle qu'anglais" could I also say "je parle seulment anglais"? Which would be more correct?And if I would
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Bonjour!Est-ce qu'on dit: "je ne parle que anglais" OR "je ne parle que l'anglais"??? I am still not sure when to say
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Hello! I thought that I understood the passé composé well; that "être" verbs need to agree with gender and number but "avoir"
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Je sais qu'on peut dire:"Je dois aller avec ma mère" mais serait-il correct aussi de dire: "il faut que je vais avec ma
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Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, quand on dit "demeurer" et quand "habiter"?je demeure (à) Paris ? j'habite (à) Paris ?
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Is it:je serai chez toi dans dix minutes. (I will be by you in ten minutes) Je viendrai à toi (?) demain. (I will come to you
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If "j'espère" requires the subjunctive, then it would be wrong to say:"j'espère que tu es bien" ? I would need to
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I am so sorry, I know I have asked that question before but I still do not see the difference between those two sentences.In my
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Could you please give me the English translation for "je dormais"(imparfait) and"je dormisse"(imparfait du subjunctif) The
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In my book the answer to: "Why does he learn rapidly" is: "il apprend rapidement parce que est intelligent."My answer would have
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Bonjour!Pourriez-vous me dire, s'il vous plait, comment on dit le suivant en français? "As to the French language, at this
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I would like to wish all the teachers/professors at Jiskha a very Merry Christmas ( and "Happy Holiday" to those who maybe
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Sorry to get back to my most recent question. First of all I realized that I had made a typing error in the last sentence. It
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Could you please tell me how to properly say "I have five fingers on one hand""j'ai cinq doigts à une main"???? I am not sure
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Could you please tell me how to say "all in all" in French.It snowed a bit more during the night but all in all it's not very
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Could you please check these sentences and also let me know which one is correct for #21)Yesterday my father worked a lot. Hier,
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Bonjour,I know that "I would like to have a book" translates to: "je voudrais avoir un livre" But if I would like to say that I
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On a French site I saw the sentence:"elles nous ont écoutées" but I thought that when "avoir" is the auxiliary verb there is
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Could you please tell me the following:if it is a group of all women talking, do you still say: "nous sommes venus" or is it
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Dit-on "je cuis dîner" où "je fais cuire dîner"?Merci de votre aide!
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Pourquoi dit-on "écrire DE la main gauche" et ne pas "écrire AVEC la main gauche"?Merci beaucoup!
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