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Susan S.C1Kwiziq community member

Avoir du mal à or avec
What is the difference between avoir du mal à and avoir du mal avec. I was marked wrong for avoir du mal à (math) but the lesson seems to indicate one can use either. Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Alternative to jalonner

The English sentence, "...know that nearly 150 nudist beaches are dotted along the French coastline." uses dotted. The translation uses 'jalonner'. I was wondering if 'parsemer' could be used in this context.

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 4 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

On avait,alors,ouvert les rideaux pour découvrir, éberlués...

Hi,

In the sentence 'On avait alors,ouvert les rideaux pour découvrir, éberlués..etc'

Why is 'éberlués' not singular to agree with'on'.

Is it because plurality is implied?

Is there a lesson on this to clarify?

Thanks

Asked 3 years ago

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L. E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

juste un petit commentaire

Les mots "infirmiere" et "hopital" sont difficiles a comprendre avec cet audio. (a mon avis) Mais merci pour la dictee. :)

Asked 5 years ago

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Alan M.C1Kwiziq community member

Order of nouns

I read somewhere else that you always put the most important first, ie the thing or person that is missed, ie Jean manque à ma sœur ; my sister misses Jean , Jean lui manque ; she misses Jean. Is that a guide worth following?

Asked 4 years ago

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

requérir meaning

It seems that requérir can double as meaning both "require" and "request",

despite the fact that the translations you gave for it were:

requérir (to require/call for [something])

and did not mention 'request':

(Nous requérons votre présence à cet événement.

We're requesting your presence at this event.)

Asked 2 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

do you just drop the subjunctive for the future indicative?

I would guess that 'j'espere que' take the subjunctive, even when the clause refers to the future. But the clause is actually in the future! So does this mean that the future trumps a subjunctive? (I understand that there is no future-subjenctive)

Asked 3 years ago

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Sadie T.C1Kwiziq community member

My teacher taught me this

My teacher taught me that une robe blanc et noir would be une robe blanche et noire

Asked 5 years ago

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