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manpreet kaur j.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why not je m’amuse dans un coin ? Instead of je me réjouis cette scène familière?

Asked 6 years ago

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James S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Question about terminology

Hello, I have a technical question. Why aren’t these called possessive pronouns? Is the term interchangeable with possessive adjectives? It’s been a long time since I’ve been in school, but I don’t remember the term “possessive adjectives” at all. Thank you.

Asked 4 years ago

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G B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

'or' being corrected to 'and'

Line 11: on which professionals or amateurs can buy or sell.....

is being corrected to:

sur laquelle professionnels et amateurs peuvent acheter ou vendre........

Asked 4 years ago

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Sid S.C1KwizIQ community member

Confusing translation

The excercise translation was poires rose, while the complete tesxt at the end was pois roses. This sort of thing and punctuation at the end of phrases indicated as errors makes me doubt the utility of these exercises.

Asked 4 years ago

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Sebastian S.B2KwizIQ community member

l'imparfait vs conditionel passé

Is there a difference in meaning between "il devait faire qqc" and "il aurait dû faire qqc"?

Asked 2 years ago

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D. A.A1KwizIQ community member

Grammer Question

Why is the question "Tu as froid?" instead of As-tu froid?"? Are both correct or is it convention?

Asked 4 years ago

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Ted M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why the imparfait?

The lesson that drew me here said the correct answer was in the imparfait. Ils ne habitaient plus ici but the examples in the lesson do not transition from the present to the imparfait. What makes the difference?

Asked 2 years ago

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Zaeem F.A1KwizIQ community member

la bêtise

bon outil d'apprentissage des langues, mais trucs très malsains

Asked 6 years ago

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helen w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Present or past tense with a reflexive verb

I understand from the disucssion that you can use depuis with the present tense or passé composé but I have this question:

Depuis quand est-ce que vous êtes vous mariés ? ( a point in time in the past)

Asking a person who is married how long they've been married (and still are): Vous êtes vous mariés depuis 30 ans? (Past tense so does this mean they're no longer married?) or, should you say, Vous êtes mariés depuis 40 ans? (still married).

This always trips me up so thank you ahead of time for your help!

Asked 3 years ago

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D. A.C1KwizIQ community member

Can I stop learning the simple passe

I am finding it too difficult to learn the passé simple and the subjunctive at the same time. Can I drop the passé simple for the time being?

Asked 5 years ago

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