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D. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So! with regard to English counties, Where does Mersyside come into it. Male or female?

Asked 8 years ago

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Olu A.A1Kwiziq community member

I just saw the word "vit" used for "lives" in one of the examples sighted above. What is the difference between "vit" and "habite"?

Asked 7 years ago

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Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is the following a correct way to approach this?Depending on the context, I really struggled to see the distinction between which tense was appropriate to use with "depuis" and the negative. (I'm sure my Kwiziq results reflect that!) I've seen it described that The Present Tense is used when an action was taken in the past and is still the case now, and that Le Passé Composé is used to describe for how long something has not been going on. That is to describe an action that was not taken in the past, and has still not been taken yet. Is this an accurate way to decide which Tense is appropriate to use in negative sentences with depuis?

Asked 10 years ago

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Daniela C.A2Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Sao Paulo en Brazil

Asked 10 years ago

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G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could someone explain why "Comment vont tes vacances" is wrong? (vont instead of se passer)

Asked 8 years ago

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ANAGHA N.A0Kwiziq community member

is '' i come from india = je veins de india

Asked 9 years ago

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Roy S.A2Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Toronto en Canada. Est-ce vrai?

Asked 7 years ago

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Tom K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

"Followed by" is habitually rendered as "suivi de". Does the "de" always change to "par" in the passive construction? If so, this is worth spelling out in the lesson.

Asked 8 years ago

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ly fen c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hi, can we only use "pour+infinitive" in the present time, if an action is not happened yet?example: Je lui dire pour l'aider, or Il m'aide pour terminer ce travail plus vite.

Asked 10 years ago

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D. L.B1Kwiziq community member

Seems odd....Nous venons juste d'apprendre la nouvelle. We've just heard the news..... I find it rather disconcerting and only slightly confusing, but often for me the structure and specific wording in french is left somewhat "open ended". This sentence is a perfect example. We have learned that Entendre is to hear and Apprendre is to learn, and yet here you see them used almost in error. If we are saying we have just learned of the news, we should state that and if we have just heard it then why not say that? Why use the word learned and say heard? Seems odd. Further, why include "just" in a sentence that already implies this meaning with the passé récent of Nous venons d'.... if we translate this sentence Without the word "just" as shown above.... what do we have? Nous venons d'apprendre la nouvelle... ? And we are going to use Heard in the translation, why not, Nous venons d'entendre la nouvelle? Lastly, why do we not use Les nouvelles for the news, i think technically La Nouvelle is the new?!? It seems we say a lot things we don't mean.... and mean a lot of things we don't say..... perhaps it's the same in English.... can someone offer me some sound logic in this regard? Nous venons d'entendre les nouvelles... We just heard the news....Thank you so much....

Asked 8 years ago

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