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Bhavani S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

La politesse. ________ inhabituel. Politeness. That's unusual.

Salut

J'ai choisi - ça- pour répodre sur la question. mais il est tort. pourquoi,, La traduction sur l'anglais peut être le mauvais. Vous pouvez vérifier s'il-vous-plait

Asked 5 years ago

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Archana J.C1Kwiziq community member

un doute

I used 'le livre titule....' instead of 's'appelle'

is it fine?

Merci

Asked 3 years ago

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Akosua B.Kwiziq community member

Abena et moi (avoir) la même mère. In present tense

Asked 3 years ago

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JOHN A.C1Kwiziq community member

Que veut dire la phrase "les quatre cents coups" dans le contexte de ce petite conte?

Asked 4 years ago

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Shelli B.B1Kwiziq community member

101, 201, etc

Would you use "et" for numbers over 100 (e.g. 101, 201, 1001, etc.)?

Cent un, or cent et un, or cent-et-un?

Thank you for your help.

Asked 3 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Direction of accentsLooking at “Bien sûr, je préfèrerais que les animaux puissent vivre en liberté” I see that the “future stem” (not sure if this is the correct term) is “préfèrer…”, but in WordReference dictionary it is “préférer…”. Are both acceptable?

Asked 4 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tom and Paula kissed themselves in front of the mirror.

It might be grammatically correct but it’s kinda creepy! Kwiziq has to cater for all tastes I suppose.

Asked 2 years ago

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Radhika S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ses joues ou les joues

I read in the site somewhere that with body parts its always the definite article and not possessive adjective. But here its says ses joues and i think son coeur.

Asked 2 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

soit…soit + choice between two verbs

A post further down says "soit..soit is used when followed by anything other than a verb". I’ve just done a quiz elsewhere where the answer they wanted was "Soit tu mets du déodorant, soit je te quitte"! Is this a usage that exists but isn’t good French? If so, what’s a better way to express it? I can’t imagine "soit que" is very common and "que" + subjunctive verb seems to be a yes/no situation (eg que tu le mettes ou pas) rather than offering two alternative verbs.

Thank you.

Asked 2 years ago

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Dick G.B1Kwiziq community member

rappeler is reflexive

I was marked wrong for using vous vous reppeler

Asked 3 years ago

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