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Austin S.C1Kwiziq community member

Paragraph 3: "tout ce que j'avais a faire"

In paragraph 3 why does "j'avais" denote an obligation (to have to) instead of it being "je devais"?

Asked 3 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Exercise skipping forward

I know that this is not a question related to grammar or vocabulary, but I don't see where else to address the problem since there is no link to report an issue.

While doing this exercise it skipped forward before I could give myself a grade. Because of this, my score was five points lower. Not a big deal, but a little discouraging, since I would have given myself a close to perfect score. Just wondering why this happens sometimes?

Asked 3 years ago

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avasies x.B1Kwiziq community member

Nasal Vowels - IN

I've been pronouncing the nasal vowel "IN" as "EN" as pronounced in "souvent" this whole time. Is it eh(n)? If so is it pronounced that way in every scenario?

Asked 4 years ago

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Negin M.C1Kwiziq community member

What's the grammar...

Of this one "pour pouvoir te faire"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ando T.A0Kwiziq community member

Can someone give me the countries and their adjectives [ masculine/ feminine]

Asked 5 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

these literal meanings need to be revised

saying "literally - and we completely remade my wardrobe" isn't quite right when you've missed out "together"? I feel like these hints aren't helpful and in fact hinder my progress in the text as they aren't "literal" at all. Plus in that sentence, to say "we bought me a new wardrobe" isn't quite what a native English person would say, they'd simply say "and we bought a new wardrobe (for me).

Hope this can be of use and makes sense from my point of view.

Asked 5 years ago

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Martin R.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Plurelising the mountains

In the sentence J'adore la vie à la montagne, I translate that as I love the life in the mountains. I was wondering why it isn't J’adore la vie dans les montagnes. Could anyone explain please?

Merci beaucoup

Asked 3 years ago

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Omar M.A0Kwiziq community member

What is the “soi” in : Chacun pour soi

I know that it means "himself" or something like that, but it can not be a pronoms tiniques because :

moi=me

toi=you

lui=him

elle=her

nous=us

vous=you

eux=them

elles=them

So clearly for il we use lui not soi !

Asked 3 years ago

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Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why la and not ici

We were asked to translate from English "nights when you are not here." The answer is "les soirs ou tu n'est pas la." I don't have accents on my keyboard." Why "la" and not "ici"? Is "ici" a correct alternative?

Asked 5 years ago

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Matthew M.C1Kwiziq community member

Tout à fait vs absolument

Why can’t i say ‘tout à fait!’ For ‘absolutely’ ?

Asked 2 years ago

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