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Adam B.C1Kwiziq community member

j'ai encore besoin de l'aide de mon fidèle dictionnaire !

Is it "j'ai encore besoin de l'aide de mon fidèle dictionnaire !" Instead of j'ai encore besoin d' aide de mon fidèle dictionnaire!" because it is a specific dictionary that they are talking about?

Asked 2 years ago

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Sophia R.C1Kwiziq community member

À l'abricot or au abricot?

Is abricot not masculine? Why is it à l'abricot instead of au abricot? Thank you

Asked 3 years ago

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Carles L.B2Kwiziq community member

Near vs. far future

This article says that the translation for "Il viendra de peur que tu ne sois vexée." is "He comes...", but wouldn't "viendra" translate to "will come"? And then "Il va venir" would be the one that is translated to "He's coming..."

Asked 3 years ago

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Tom A.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

ça vs le

In this sentence - 'Ce n'est pas tant qu'elle n'aime pas ça, mais plutôt qu'elle aime trop ça ' - why is ça preferred over le? Does 'Ce n'est pas tant qu'elle ne l'aime pas, mais plutôt qu'elle l'aime trop' sound wrong to French ears?

Asked 2 years ago

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Gary B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"nous étions de retour de l'école"

Can you explain grammatically the construction if this phrase? I get that it means "we got home from school", but it seems unnecessarily complicated. Could you not say "nous étions retourné de l'école"?

Asked 2 years ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

...et les feux arrières

I believe that the adjective arrière is invariant; hence, no need for the plural. If I recall, there was another instance of this in this weekend workout.

Asked 3 years ago

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