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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

Suggest a part 2 to the above

Un identifiant- has a voice overlay at the start.

Also suggest words for : an attachment, chat, inbox, hashtag, mailing list, etc be added.

Asked 4 years ago

Kay C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

To use Heureusement vs par chance for "luckily"

Are these terms interchangeable?

Asked 5 years ago

BTS W.KwizIQ community member

Hello, why don't we remove the "u" in "tu as" just as we do in "j'ai" ?

Asked 6 years ago

Thanh Tân T.B2KwizIQ community member

Imparfait vs passé simple

- Can I use "se composait" instead of "regroupait"?

- why use "en eut assez d'attendre (passé simple) while this place is supposed to describe the speaker's feeling, therefore can I use avait (imparfait) in this context.

Asked 3 years ago

chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

keith likes a certain man

These answers are bedevilled by poor English translations. Certain, in English, means either a particular one, or that one is sure of something. There is nothing vague about it, but your definition of 'certain' in the pre-noun position you say implies a vagueness, and yet the answer to the question is keith likes a certain (particular) man - unless you mean he likes all men who are sure about things? If you could avoid using the word 'certain' in your english translations that might be helpful.

Asked 5 years ago

Emil K.C1KwizIQ community member

Erreur d'orthographie

Mon dictionnaire français épelle la fin de semaine "week-end" pas "weekend" comme les anglais.

Asked 5 years ago

Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

“qui lui ont” sounds like “qui l’ont”...

...in the following:

“et qui lui ont promis de lui montrer la vie...”

“et qui lui ont promis de lui faire découvrir la vie...”

Is this (a) a mistake, (b) just my ears missing the sound, or (c) a natural French abbreviation (a bit like “tu as” being pronounced as “ta”)?

Asked 5 years ago

Cathy T.C1KwizIQ community member

La Grande Dame de Fer pour l'étérnité?

J'adore la Tour Eiffel - elle est vraiment belle! On espère qu'elle va durer depuis une autre siècle en plus!

Asked 5 years ago

Madame M.C1KwizIQ community member

Assister + à ? In the response .. "elle assista régulièrement les salons..." (as a possible answer), why isn't it aux salons? I thought to attend

assister + à = to attend

Asked 6 years ago

Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

I find it inconsistent that at one point the text says 'en alternance avec de tulipes pourpres' while later it says 'l'éclat des soucis orange'.

Is there a reason why the second phrase isn't 'l'éclat de soucis orange' - or would that have been equally acceptable?

Asked 4 years ago

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