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Tom A.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Commencer avec / commencer par

The recommended translation of 'It [the year] started with the biggest heartache of my life' is 'Elle a commencé avec la plus grosse peine de cœur de ma vie'.

Is there a reason why 'avec' is preferred over 'par' in this sentence?

Asked 3 years ago

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Forbasong C.A2KwizIQ community member

Painful throat because of cold or cough

Hi Ted I want to say I have a sore throat in French

Asked 2 years ago

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Bhavani S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

hi even for this long audio recording

Vous Pouvez poséz les questions de enregistrements pour tester ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Craig B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

de versus des for "en forme de [plural noun]"

"Ils sont en forme de crânes."
Why is it not, "Ils sont en forme des crânes." IOW why is the partitive singular de for the plural crânes ?

Asked 4 years ago

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Heather m.A1KwizIQ community member

Use of En

What about when it is du in front of a thing? Is it still en or y?

Asked 5 years ago

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Manasa M.C1KwizIQ community member

Implication of tense used for a phrase using "dans"

Is there a difference between "Nous mangerons dans 30 minutes" and "Nous mangeons dans 30 minutes"? My understanding is that it's a subtle difference (e.g, "we will sit down to eat 30 minutes from now" vs. "we're sitting down to eat 30 minutes from now"), but both ultimately refer to the beginning of the action in the future.

Asked 4 years ago

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James W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I don't understand the expression "on avait pas mal bu"? Can this be explained please

Asked 5 years ago

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bob b.A0KwizIQ community member

Using the pronoun "y"

Hello All.

I was reviewing pronouns using this page:

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/indirect-objects-2/

It mentions using the adverbial pronoun "y" and then gives an example:

Il y pense. He’s thinking about her.

I thought that "y" could only be used to reference an inanimate object, not a person.

Are there special cases? What am I missing here?

Thank You in advance.

Bob

Asked 3 years ago

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Barrie S.C1KwizIQ community member

Pluls-que Parfait translates 'had' not 'has'?

In the first sentence of the text - Did you know that the town council [US: city hall] has decided.... etc., the Hint advises ...- "has decided" = Use Le Plus-que-Parfait here.

In the related lesson, the examples show 'had' and not 'has' as being translated using the plus-que-parfait?

Asked 3 years ago

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Robert M.C1KwizIQ community member

I wrote « ...une bière qu’on a brassée soi-même. » with the extra ‘e’ in brassée. I was thinking « la bière que j’ai brassée »?

Asked 6 years ago

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