French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

15,039 questions • 32,690 answers • 1,037,344 learners

Ask a question

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Susan R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In expressing need, when would one use, "avoir envie de," and when, "avoir besoin de?"

Asked 9 years ago

Like0Answer3

Paul F.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Je devrai / je devrais

In this exercise “I should maybe call the train company” is translated as “je devrai ... “, but “I should really insure my phone” is “je devrais ...” . It’s only a very small detail (and I believe both are pronounced the same, or almost the same, by most people anyway), but why is the future of devoir used in one case and the conditional in the other?

Asked 6 years ago

Like3Answer4

Brian E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

mon/ma

Hi, why is it “avec mon amie, Annie”?

Annie is a woman, so shouldn’t it be “avec ma amie, Annie”?

Asked 7 years ago

Like0Answer2

Roisin M.B1KwizIQ community member

When should you use the passé simple instead of other past tenses

Asked 10 years ago

Like0Answer3

Ann H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

If d'ici une heure can mean within an hour or by 1:00, how can one know which meaning to take from it?

Asked 8 years ago

Like0Answer3

Jinn X.B2KwizIQ community member

ne...rien vs. ne...pas du tout

For the question, Je sens quelque chose, et toi ? - Non, je ..., can I also say 'No, je ne sens pas du tout? ' What are differences between ne...rien and pas du tout? Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

Like0Answer4

Maria C.A2KwizIQ community member

Future Simple DevoirHi if the conditional of devoir translates generally to 'would', what would be the translation of Devoir conjugated in the future simple?

Asked 10 years ago

Like0Answer2

harris d.C1KwizIQ community member

"should" vs "would have to"Hi, from what I gather from this lesson, basically "je devrais" should mean "I would have to", which essentially turns into "I should". Is this correct? So "Je devrais apprendre l'anglais" could mean "I would have to learn English" or "I should learn English" depending on the context, correct? thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

Like0Answer1

Leah R.A0KwizIQ community member

J'ai soixante-un ans.