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Farid M.C1Kwiziq community member

Le phrase de debut: On a DE la chance

Je crois qu'il y a une erreur d'inscription ici: grammaticalement, et aussi per la narration accompagnante, le premier phrase de dictée doit être "avoir DE la chance".

Le mot "de" est manqué?

Asked 5 years ago

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Mark D.C1Kwiziq community member

Je fais le lit après que tu t'es levéJe fais le lit après que tu t'es levé. I'm making the bed after you've got [US: gotten] up.

I'm a bit confused by the meaning of this sentence (the temporality). If it refers to a one time thing (not a habit) then is it referring to future actions ? i.e. is it an equivalent of "I will make the bed once you have gotten up ?" Or does it mean that I am right now doing the bed but I have started some time in the past after you have already gotten out of bed ?

Asked 1 year ago

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J. L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nouns and inversion.

George's question is interesting! Very often, in English, you may hear the following. "The front door, was it locked?". Also similarly, "Cécile, isn't she exceptional?". The screeching-brakes urgency of the first and the wonderment accolade of the second is relayed in the format. And yet the corresponding translation is rejected in the answers. How can you repeat the effect in French if not as follows. La porte d'entrée, etait-elle verouillée?/Cécile, n'est-elle pas exceptionnelle?

Asked 4 years ago

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Sherilyn P.B2Kwiziq community member

Why are the days of the week start with a Capital letter and then Sunday is spelt with a lower case.

Asked 2 years ago

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Carol W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hands in pockets

Why is it les for his pockets? I understand it has to be les for hands as is a body part, but why not ses poches?

Asked 4 years ago

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Val C.C1Kwiziq community member

I also struggled with A2: seemed more like B2! And I’m also regularly frustrated with finding the correct translations for expressions.

Asked 4 years ago

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Bhavani S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

La politesse. ________ inhabituel. Politeness. That's unusual.

Salut

J'ai choisi - ça- pour répodre sur la question. mais il est tort. pourquoi,, La traduction sur l'anglais peut être le mauvais. Vous pouvez vérifier s'il-vous-plait

Asked 4 years ago

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Margaret O.B1Kwiziq community member

Qui or que

I was taught that 'qui' was used when the subject of the verb and 'que' when the object of the verb

Asked 4 years ago

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Nuala G.A2Kwiziq community member

Que and Qui'Qu'est que' or 'qu'est qui' marche le mieux ? I find this difficult to understand. This lesson says that Qui is used when the following word is a verb. That's not the case in the example given. How might I understand this more clearly, please? Thanks.

Asked 3 years ago

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Joanne H.B1Kwiziq community member