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Rhys H.C1Kwiziq community member

Combien with inversion

I was wondering how you would put combien into a question with inversion; and I couldn't find any lessons adressing this specifically. This occurred to me while thinking about the question "How many words in the dictionary?" Would it be:

Combien de mots la dictionnaire a-t-elle?

Combien la dictionnaire a-t-elle de mots?

La dictionnaire a-t-elle combien de mots?

Or would it be something different?

Anyway, I just need to ease my curiosity.

Asked 2 years ago

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Conrad W.B2Kwiziq community member

... si ça ne te dérange pas ?

Great exercise on the whole. I will say (and this is likely because my ears are novices) that I still can't hear the "ne" in "si ça ne te dérange pas ?" I heard the "pas" so assumed it was there.

Asked 3 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Question Format

Bonjour,

I just wanted to point out that the multiple-choice questions on this test did not include the instruction that, "one, some, or all may be correct." In the past this has led me to choose only one option even though I thought that more than one was correct. This time, I chose the options that I thought were right and aced the Kwiz.

I bring this up only because it may cause some confusion to other learners as well.

I realize that I should have clicked on the Report button, but I had already returned to the lesson.

Merci beaucoup !

Asked 4 years ago

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Tibor H.B2Kwiziq community member

Why is 'en' used here?

Hello, do I understand correctly that en is used here because there are two object pronouns? Pierre m'en a offert.

Asked 4 years ago

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Rhea S.B2Kwiziq community member

Font aussi?

Salut! Is it incorrect to say ils font aussi instead of ils font également? The alternate option was ils fabriquent aussi, but font aussi was marked incorrect. Wondering if there is a reason for that or is if acceptable?

Asked 5 years ago

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just_a _.Kwiziq community member

french (passe compose)

mettez le phrase au passe compose.

il y a des canards dans l'etang.

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

For the writing exercise, My cousin and her accordion"For the writing exercise, My cousin and her accordion, I was't able to submit my question on the page.

Here it is below. For the last phrase, "mais elle l'a eu !", is "mais elle l'a réussi !" an alternate answer? Please explain the use of avoir in this case."

Asked 6 years ago

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Ben T.B1Kwiziq community member

I'm going to the grocery shop.

Je vais aller à l'épicerie. - this was marked wrong because the answer should be without aller, but is it grammartically wrong or just not what the answer asking for?

Asked 2 years ago

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manpreet kaur j.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don’t know what to say.- can we also write ‘ je ne sais pas ce qui dire

Asked 5 years ago

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Vimal R.C1Kwiziq community member

Is this usage of revenir an idiom? Elle n'en revenait pas! I thought revenir is to come back so this phrasing confused me till I used Google translate to realize it meant, She couldn't believe it.

Asked 2 years ago

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