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ian e.C1Kwiziq community member

Obtenir or recevoir?

Avant d’obtenir une réponse: is ‘avant de recevoir une réponse also OK?

Asked 3 years ago

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Owen H.B1Kwiziq community member

Neutral pronouns le, l'Here are two examples from the lesson:-Est-ce que tu sais marcher sur les mains ? - Non, je ne sais pas le faire.Do you know how to walk on your hands ? - No, I don't [know how to do that].- Voulez-vous prendre pour épouse Marie Lise Anaïs Lambert ? - Oui, je le veux.- Do you want to marry Marie Lise Anaïs Lambert? - Yes, I do.
Based on the last example ("Oui, je le veux"), why can't you, in the first example, simply use the same construction, and say "Non, je ne le sais pas"?
In other words, when do you add in "le faire"? Is there a rule??

OK. I see that this has been asked and answered below. I still think that you could use either construction: (a) Non, je ne le sais pas. (b) Non, je ne sais pas le faire.

Similarly, it looks as if you can use both forms with the first example too: (a) Non, je ne sais pas le faire. (b) Non, je ne le sais pas.

Asked 3 years ago

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Sheri D.A1Kwiziq community member

Les vêtements oranges was marked as wrong

Shouldn’t the adjective be plural to match the noun?

Asked 3 years ago

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Shraddha J.A0Kwiziq community member

Order of words

Thank you helping in previous question.

How to know the order of the words..?

Est ce que tu parles la francias?

Est ce que parlez vous la francias?

How to decide- personal pronoun to be used has to be before verb or after verb??

Thank you

Asked 5 years ago

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Kimber H.B2Kwiziq community member

The vocab/grammar choices are questionable at times here- Il adore les animaux donc il était très excité !/Vocab: This adjective on its own often has a sexual connotation, so it's better to use another expression, e.g. Il attendait avec impatience cette sortie./Grammar: - needs an "en" -> il EN était très enthousiaste etc. See more here: excited - English-French Dictionary WordReference.com

- Les singes étaient malicieux/this has a more negative meaning... one wouldn't laugh about it...."farceurs" is better here as that would elicit laughter

- nous avons bien rigolé !/Grammar: - needs an "en" ->nous EN avons bien rigolé

- j'ai préféré le numéro de trapèze : j'ai retenu /qui m'a fait retenir mon souffle plusieurs fois !

Asked 4 years ago

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M K.C1Kwiziq community member

Bien que je veuille me reposer, je n'EN ai pas le temps !

This is not a question about the subjunctive mood, but the sentence was an exercise of it, so I ask my question here.

What is the role of "en" in the following sentence: "Bien que je veuille me reposer, je n'EN ai pas le temps !" Does it mean "I don't have the time for it."? Could you also just write "Bien que je veuille me reposer, je n'ai pas le temps !" without the "en"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Matthew M.C1Kwiziq community member

vous devrez trouverInstead of ‘vous devrez trouver’

Can i say ‘vous allez devoir trouver’ ?

Asked 2 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can "se faire" mean to "imagine" then? As I can't find that translation anywhere? Understand the context is probably "I make to be"?

Asked 5 years ago

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James W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor