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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 9 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

mauvais an adverb here?: "Il faisait mauvais hier"

Bonjour,

Mauvais is usually an adjective, but is it being used as an adverb when we say the weather is bad?

e.g. il fait mauvais.

or is it still being an adjective, and is modifying the noun: 'the weather' (replaced here by the pronoun: "it"), please?

Cheryl

Asked 8 years ago

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Susan G.B2KwizIQ community member

So much about this I don't understand. To start with. Je me suis fait faire les ongles.Why is it fait not faire or even fais? Also why les ongles and not mes ongles?

Asked 9 years ago

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Paul B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est-ce que c'est qu'un stylo vs Qu'est-ce que c'est un styloThe examples give both the options for un stylo but the Kwiz I just did only accepts Qu'est-ce que c'est qu'un gendarme, and Qu'est-ce que c'est un gendarme is marked wrong. Is there something different between un gendarme and un stylo that mandates using Qu'est-ce que c'est qu'?

Asked 8 years ago

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Ian P.A2KwizIQ community member

If 'vous' is formal, masculine and single, then is there no agreement required? Thanks.

Asked 10 years ago

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Andrew S.A1KwizIQ community member

Does 'J'espère que cela vous aiderait' translate as 'I hope that this helped you.'?

Asked 9 years ago

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Sophia M.A0KwizIQ community member

J'ai faim, je ne pas mange

Asked 10 years ago

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Amin F.B1KwizIQ community member

"belle" after of before noun?

I was taking a test and I saw the following statement:

"une fillette belle comme une fleur"

I tought it is wrong but it was marked as correct. Shouldn't "belle" come before "fillette"? like this sentecne?

"une belle fillette comme une fleur"

Asked 6 years ago

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Mike P.B2KwizIQ community member

is this required, or is it optional in written French?You seem to imply that it is, but other sources limit it to only highly formal writing.

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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