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Helena F.B2Kwiziq community member

Use of "de" in phrase "les fantômes de peintures précédentes"

I used des rather than de in the phrase "the ghosts of previous paintings" since it is used in the context of a plural noun: "les fantômes des (rather than de) peintures précédentes". Since there is no adjective in front of the noun, why is the singular de used?

Asked 4 years ago

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EDOARDO F.A2Kwiziq community member

Subjontif Imparfait

Salut! Récemment j'ai commençe à étudier le subjontif. J'ai remarquè qu'il y a deux formes pour le subjontif imparfait: avais et eusse (pour avoir) et étais et fusse (pour être). Si je conjuge ceux-ci en le conjugateur (https://conjugator.reverso.net/conjugation-french-verb-etre.html) je peux voir qu'on utilise fusse, mais si je cherche une simple phrase en Google Traducteur (ou sur des autres traducteurs) comme "If I were you, ..." ils utilisent toujours l'imparfait indicatif ("Si j'étais toi, ...", dans le dernier exemple). Quel est la bonne forme? Merci.

Asked 3 years ago

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Thy M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How to say "I only told him about it"

Hello,

I wonder how I should say: "I only told him about it" ?

Is it: "Je ne lui ai parlé que de ca" (this is translated by deepL but it seems wrong to me)

Or should I just say: "I told no one but him" -> "Je n'ai personne parlé que lui"

Merci.

Asked 3 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the sentence "aurais préféré que ça soit une surprise" - does "préférer" act the same as "aimer/détester" in that its followed by the subjunctive?

Asked 5 years ago

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Yulyvrdcapbilvsyy Z.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Marie était en retard de deux heures." What grammatical structure is "de" acting as?

And, if a "best-efforts translation" to English were possible, would "de" represent "late OF two hours", "late BY two hours", or "late SOME two hours"?

Cheers, Alec

Asked 5 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why is it "en sorcière" as opposed to "dans une sorcière" ?

Asked 5 years ago

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J. L.C1Kwiziq community member

Audio answer doesn't match written answer"j'engagerai un chef qui s'occupera de tous nos repas". This part of the audio uses a different description to the written answer. Please update either the written or audio to match. Cheers!

Asked 5 years ago

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Erin A.A1Kwiziq community member

Pronunciation of produisent l’oxygène.

Coucou!

I dont understand the recorded pronunciation in this phrase : Les plantes produisent l’oxygène. Why is the “ent” silent in produisent? And why is the “l” silent in l’oxygène?

Merci pour votre aide

Asked 5 years ago

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Charles T.C1Kwiziq community member

Conditional tense not future

"j'aurai écrit" - should be 'j'aurais écrit', should it not?

Asked 5 years ago

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Denise D.B1Kwiziq community member

Too much info for this lesson

This lesson is too complex and far too much information is posted. Can you split it up into five or six different lessons? I am not learning well with this current set up.

Asked 6 years ago

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