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M D.A2Kwiziq community member

Y with people

Less commonly, à + indirect object may be replaced with the adverbial pronoun y:

Il y pense. He’s thinking about her. J’y fais référence. I’m referring to them. On s’y habitue. We’re getting used to him.Found these here : https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/indirect-objects-2/ So y seems to be able to replace people?

Asked 3 years ago

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Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Devions or éions

Celine, not to be too picky but it is "devions" rather than "devrions" isn't it?

Asked 5 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A real challenge

This was possibly the most difficult C1 exercise that I have tackled. Nevertheless, I tried it. I scored myself at 40 out of 70. It simply points out how far I have to go. Thanks for the challenge.

Asked 3 years ago

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chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

gender agreementil ne se passe pas une journée sans que elle ne fasse la tête. As ' il ne se passe' clearly refers to 'une journee', why is it not 'elle ne se passe'?

Asked 4 years ago

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MARTIN B.A1Kwiziq community member

"le seau des véreuses" is translated as "worm-eaten ones' bucket" but does not véreuse mean unreliable/doubtful?

Asked 2 years ago

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Matt W.B2Kwiziq community member

sont servis

Regarding the expression "sont servis", used in "Les plats froids sont servis avec une salade":

I don't understand this conjugation. Is this a reflexive form of the verb servir? Or is it just how menus are written?

Asked 2 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Nous n'avons pas été déçus du tout

Would there be anything wrong with saying 'Nous n'avons pas du tout été déçus' ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Vimal R.C1Kwiziq community member

Hints don't match the excercise ...

Je pense que les hints (? en francais) sont pour la dernière éxércise?

Asked 2 years ago

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Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of impatienteJe suis impatiente de jouer avec lui !

In this sentence - I can hear "impatient" - without the e.

Asked 2 years ago

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Matthias B.C1Kwiziq community member

() perdre du poids, which one fits?

I got a quiz question from the "a besoin de" lesson:

Cette année, Michaël ________ perdre du poids.

I was using "doit" here, but the correct was "a besoin de"

I couldn't find a full explanation why the second one is correct but the first one not.

Does the meaning change in this case (I could imagine that doit would be closer linked to a real need, e.g from a medical perspective, while besoin would be more linked to his wish to lose weight, but no idea if that's the case).

Asked 3 years ago

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