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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Does a participle in this kind of sentence agree with an object or not?

She says, 'L'endroit qui m'a le plus marqué...' - why not 'marquée'?

Asked 4 years ago

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Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quel Est Le Contexte De Ces Verbes ?

Désolé de commencer à ressembler à un disque rayé avec ces questions contextuelles, mais :

J'ai vu les verbes emballer et déballer utilisés pour décrire l'emballage et le déballage de manière générique. Les verbes emballer et déballer sont-ils utilisés principalement pour déplacer un ménage ou une entreprise entière ?

The best I can fathom, verb usage changes with an increase in scale/size or something becoming more of a commercial activity (not necessarily workplace jargon, that happens in every language). Am I on to something here or am I way off-base?

Asked 3 years ago

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Kevin G.B1Kwiziq community member

Au marché (A1)

I would suggest that this exercise be set at a higher level. I don't believe this is pegged right for an A1 learner. Perhaps A2 would be better.

Asked 4 years ago

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Rhona L.A1Kwiziq community member

Why not juste au cas as in the first example you give?

Asked 5 years ago

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Wendy W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why is my answer incorrect?Quand on s'était arrêtées dans un café,Quand on s'était arrêtées dans un café,

Asked 3 years ago

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Ivana Š.B2Kwiziq community member

Ne...rien

Is the following sentence correct?

Je ne comprends rien.

Sounds strange to me.

Asked 5 years ago

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Sydney B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Passé composé vs Imparfait French past tenses

The following quoted material appears at: https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/passe-compose-vs-imparfait/

All in the past vs Relevance to present

Imparfait describes something that is entirely in the past.

Il voulait toujours être médecin. He always wanted (used to want) to be a doctor.J’y mangeais souvent. I often ate there / I used to eat there often (but never again).

Passé composé explains something that started in the past and continues today.

Il a toujours voulu être médecin. He has always wanted to be a doctor.J’y ai souvent mangé. I have often eaten there (and might again).

Are you sure you don't have this in reverse? It seems like the passé composé would be used for the finished actions in the quote above.

Asked 1 year ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mais je ne suis pas contre.

The translation in English is "but I'm not against the idea" - why is "the idea" omitted?

Asked 4 years ago

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Helena F.B2Kwiziq community member

"at the moment"

I translated "at the moment" as "en ce moment", rather than "pour le moment". I believe either one is correct, but "en ce moment" is not listed as an alternative. Would it be incorrect to use that formulation in this context?

Asked 5 years ago

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John W.C1Kwiziq community member

aucune .v. personne: j'ai mis 'personne' au lieu de 'aucune': pourquoi ce n'est pas acceptable?

Asked 2 years ago

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