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Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

Response to question from Peter (asked 5 months ago)Using L'Imparfait in hypothetical clauses introduced by si (if) + Le Conditionnel Présent

I had this same question, as I forgot the above lesson, so I thought I should respond as it would save others time. The question related to: 'si je POUVAIS, j'aurais été astronaute.'

Asked 4 years ago

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Kay C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Position of adverbsThe question was "Nous ________ beaucoup de vin samedi dernier. We drank a lot of wine last Saturday.(HINT: Conjugate ''boire'' (to drink) in Le Passé Composé)"
While I am aware this question relates to the compound verb, I am unclear about why the "beaucoup" is not between the auxiliary and past participle as per this lesson? Can you advise?

Asked 4 years ago

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Monsieur P.A2KwizIQ community member

Conjugation of verb

How do you determine which conjugated form of the verb do you use in sentences such as "Jean et moi sommes allés au cinéma.". It appears the conjugated form of the verb with nous has been used. I cannot understand why this is.

Asked 3 years ago

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Raymond F.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

à or de before an infinitive

How do you know when to use à before an infinitive or de? Quand tu auras fini de ranger ta chambre, you m'aideras à faire la vaiselle.

Asked 3 years ago

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Haiyang B.B2KwizIQ community member

Spotted a strange use of DU (Duolingo).

The phrase I saw:

Je suis tout à fait satisfait du cadeau que j’ai trouvé pour Sarah. Je l’ai emballé dans DU JOLI PAPIER et je lui donnerai ce soir.

Here the "du joli papier" I thought it is not preceded by any "de" preposition. "emballer dans" is the preceding phrase. So why is DU used here? A mistake?

Asked 3 years ago

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Shashank C.B2KwizIQ community member

forming question with est-ce que

Why we have "Qu'est-ce que serait Pâques sans chocolat" and Not "Qu'est-ce que Pâques serait sans chocolat".

Kind of looks like inversion which we don't do with est-ce que

Asked 2 years ago

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Mark P.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Cannot quizz topic from notebook

Hi.. I am getting this message when I try to test a recent topic.. it is in my notebook and I have accessed it from my notebook.. how do I quizz a topic that I am concentrating on? (Last quizzed about a week ago.)

This lesson is already in your notebook. Go to your notebook now to kwiz this topic as many times as you like

Asked 5 years ago

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Carolize J.C1KwizIQ community member

Question about the video

What is the significance of the numbers (a date?) at the end?

Asked 4 years ago

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Sofia L.C1KwizIQ community member

Misleading video

the 4 min video with Jennifer states "Use il est with an adjective".

It completley ignores the other 50% of the rule, when you use C'est with an adjective