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Luong N.B1Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Coree du Sud

Asked 9 years ago

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John W.C1Kwiziq community member

'You don't have to'Something I've always struggled with in France is when I don't want to say 'You must not', but rather 'You don't have to', for example: I don't want to say, 'You must not come straight away', but rather, 'You don't have to come straight away'. Can somebody point me to a good lesson on this, or let me know how to do it?

Asked 8 years ago

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Anh P.A1Kwiziq community member

Why is it not une médecin femme?

Asked 7 years ago

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Merle D.B2Kwiziq community member

Why does the second person (tu) lose the 's' in the imperative? Tu t'en vas? / Va-t'en!

Asked 8 years ago

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Nicki p.A0Kwiziq community member

When to use J'ai and je suis

Hi, I just did a test for dropping the ai part of j'ai when next to a vowel. I got this wrong but these examples were used.

J'ai vingt ans- I am 21

Je suis grand - I am tall

J'habite à Londre

Why does j'ai (i thought this means I have and je suis (I thought this meant I am) both have the translation of " I am

Asked 3 years ago

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Carole G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

One of the examples is: Nous viendrons à 9 heures. Ça vous va ?

Instead of Ça vous va ? would you say Ça vous êtes? Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

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Maxine C.A1Kwiziq community member

When do you use chaude

Asked 7 years ago

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Thomas M.B2Kwiziq community member

Position of tout in "Elle a tout compris""She understood everything." has "tout" after "a" as the correct answer in the test. But "she understood something." is "Elle a compris quelque chose." ... at least I think that is correct. Why?

Asked 8 years ago

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mark h.C1Kwiziq community member

I'd like to know why we use qui in the following sentence?I know a man with whom I have worked which becomes in french: je connais un homme avec qui j'ai travaillé

Asked 9 years ago

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Maria C.A2Kwiziq community member

Future Simple DevoirHi if the conditional of devoir translates generally to 'would', what would be the translation of Devoir conjugated in the future simple?

Asked 9 years ago

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