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Ezzat B.B2Kwiziq community member

quelle est la différence entre " un bâtiment" et "un immeuble" ?

Asked 2 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

ne as expletve?

OK, I spelled 'conduisiez' wrong, but I am puzzled as to the of the expletif 'ne' here. As I understand it, it has no negative meaning, but how does one know when to use it in these subjunctive clauses?

Asked 3 years ago

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

Question about the use of the 24 hour clock

I kwizzed my lesson plan and it had the following question:
Ce magasin est fermé ________ deux heures et demie.This shop is closed from two o'clock to two thirty.(HINT: deux heures = two o'clock)

My answer was, "de deux heures a..." which was marked correct. (Sorry can't do the accents here.)

My question:

Shouldn't this have read, "Ce magasin est fermé de quatorze heures a quatorze heures trente." ?

Or: "Ce magasin est fermé de deux heures a deux heures et demie de l'apres-midi."?

These formats would have distinguished the time as being in the afternoon, not the early morning hours. Is the reason that they were not used because one can assume that a shop would be open during the daytime, not the wee hours of the morning? And, if that is true, is it common not to be specific unless absolutely necessary?

Merci pour votre reponse.

Asked 3 years ago

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paul b.B2Kwiziq community member

Je ne connaissais pas

In the exercise "I don't know this author" English present tense, is translated as "je ne connaissais pas" French Imparfait? Is that correct?

Asked 1 year ago

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Noor B.A0Kwiziq community member

La maison des Jackson est sur la gauche.

hello madam/sir,

I have a question why here they used 'des' instead of 'de'? As we use des for plural, but here nothing is plural.