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Describe a holiday you've recently been on, making sure to answer the following: where did you go and who did you go with? how long did you stay there and what did you do? did you like your visit and if not, where would you next go?

Example: Je suis allée avec mes parents et ma soeur au Nord de l'Italie, à Turin. Nous y sommes restés pendant deux semaines, nous avons visité la ville et ses centres culturels, comme la piazza san carlo et...
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Answered by Sybille C. • French tutor
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What is the plus-que-parfait and when do you use it?

First of all, these more complex tenses are often very complicated and difficult so do not feel discouraged if you do not understand them initially, but once you do you will be using the plus question parfai...
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Answered by Ella L. • French tutor
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What is the difference between the pronouns le/la/les and lui/leur?

Pronouns are words which replace nouns. It can be tricky to understand the difference in usage between these two different types of pronouns as they can be both used to describe the same object; a person or ...
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Answered by Rebecca T. • French tutor
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How do I know when to use the verb 'etre' or 'avoir' in the past tense? (how do I form the simple past tense?)

First of all, lets revise the verbs etre and avoir etre Je suisTu es Il/elle estNous sommes Vous êtes Ils/elles sont avoir j'ai tu as il/elle anous avons vous avezils/elles ont The past tense needs 3 parts, ...
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Answered by Charlotte S. • French tutor
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C'est quoi la différence entre la préposition 'y' et 'en'

On utilise 'y' pour remplacer la préposition 'à' quand c'est après un verbe. Par exemple si tu dis ' je pense à ce enjeu' (I'm thinking about this issue) tu enleves le 'à' et tu mets le 'y' devant le verbe. ...
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Answered by Luke E. • French tutor
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