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Aaron G.C1KwizIQ community member

Les cloches apportent?

Salut! Je suis juste curieux, qu'est-ce que ça veut dire précisément que "les cloches apportent les œufs...?" Est-ce que ces cloches de Pâques deviennent vivantes et alors apportent les œufs, ou est-ce que la sonnerie des cloches font apparaître les œufs dans les jardins? Ou est-ce que c'est quelqu'autre chose entièrement? C'est fascinant! Merci beaucoup!

Asked 5 years ago

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Liyunzi C.A2KwizIQ community member

'j'ai bien sûr nommé...'Q: Why do we use passé composé here?

Does the sentence 'Je bien sûr nomme...' also work ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Divya M.A1KwizIQ community member

I want more questions

I want more same questions to practice my vocabulary.

Asked 6 years ago

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Tom E.C1KwizIQ community member

We'll be there soonCould you say, « on y arrivera bientôt » ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Does a participle in this kind of sentence agree with an object or not?

She says, 'L'endroit qui m'a le plus marqué...' - why not 'marquée'?

Asked 5 years ago

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Amelie K.C1KwizIQ community member

Excité Alternatives?

Are there really no alternatives here for excité? I went for ravi - does this not work this context?

Aussi, comment on traduit le mot "to work" dans cette dernière phrase? Marcher marcherait-il?...

Merci en avance!

Asked 3 years ago

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John C.B2KwizIQ community member

Punctuation use of exclamation marks

When was the "point" (full stop) replaced with the exclamation mark in French? There seem very few occasions when the point is acceptable: But the exclamation mark seems mandatory in most circumstances.

Asked 3 years ago

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Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Le or ça, or either"I love being in my garden. I've always found it magical."

There is no clue given across these 2 sentences to indicate that the 2nd sentence is a general statement, rather than referring to 'being in my garden'. Understood as the latter, couldn't "Je l'ai trouvé toujours magique" also be a correct translation ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Avery E.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"Venir de" vs "être de" when saying where one is from

Hello!

Just a question regarding the usage of venir vs. être when saying where one is from:

This lesson notes " To say which city you are from in French, you will use the following expression: Je viens de + [city]". One example given is "Je viens de Londres / I am from London". (And no alternative to "venir de" is mentioned in the lesson).

However, a related lesson (À = To/in and De = From/of with cities in French (French Prepositions of Location)) gives an example using "être" to say where one is from: Je suis de La Rochelle / I'm from La Rochelle.

It seems there is a subtle difference in meaning (I am from vs. I come from), however in both of the above cases the translation given is "I am from".

Could someone clarify if venir and être are interchangeable in this context, or if there are specific uses for each?

Asked 1 year ago

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Sithra G.KwizIQ community member

Do we say , " organises-y-en une!" Or "organise-y-en une!"

Asked 5 years ago

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