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Ann W.C1KwizIQ community member

colors and genders

I don't understand why the sentence to translate talks about my favorite colors (couleur is feminine), but then the colors are listed in the masculine form. And, the "title" of the grammar point says that colors agree according to gender and number.

Asked 4 years ago

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Prashanth G.A2KwizIQ community member

Example 6: Je LEUR lis une histoire...Does this mean "lire" is a verb for which "à" is commonly applied? Or is it in this case that the full sentence would be "Je lis une histoire à mes enfants", and hence the usage of "leur" is warranted?

Asked 9 years ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Prepositions after parler and penser.Why “je parle de …” but “je pense à ….”?

Asked 9 years ago

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Malcolm T.A2KwizIQ community member

How can they be the same word? Is soit 'to be'?

Asked 10 years ago

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Susan R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is there a liaison, pronouncing, "ils aiment leurs parents?"

Asked 10 years ago

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observablebear L.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why does "tu me manques beaucoup" mean "I miss you very much" ?

Why does "tu me manques beaucoup" mean "I miss you very much" ? Why does it not mean "You miss me very much" ?

Asked 5 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Faire le menage vs nettoyer

I'm very familiar with the expression, "faire le menage". I chose to write "faire le nettoyage" to see if it would be accepted and it was marked wrong. The alternative phrase given was, "...mon marie et mois allons nettoyer..."

Larousse defines "nettoyer" as a transitive verb in which case doesn't "nettoyer" need a direct object? In that case, is "L'apres-midi mon mari et moi allons nettoyer et nos enfants vont ranger leurs chambres" correct? Don't you need to say "...mon mari et moi allons nettoyer la maison..."?

In English, the verb, "to clean" is both transitive and intransitive which differs from the French.

Merci et Bonne Continuation

Asked 1 year ago

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Jean W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

concours et compétitionAre these two words completely interchangeable ? If not, in which circumstances are they used ?

Asked 9 years ago

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David S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Fireworks. Singular vs plural.

Fireworks is translated in this lesson as "le feu d'artifices" but in this page https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/studylists/view/946769 it is translated as "le feu d'artifice". In Larouse online it is translated as "le feu d'artifice" too. The Kwiziq writing challenge about Bastille Day also uses "le feu d'artifice".

But elsewhere on the web I can see examples with "les feux d'artifices" and even "les feux d'artifice". So all 4 possibilities of singlular and plural for both the noun and adjective are covered.

Are all of these variations correct?

Asked 8 years ago

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Danielle A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ce serait vs ça serait

What is the difference between ce serait and ça serait here?

Asked 2 years ago

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