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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"right past tense"It was asked in a question to use "faire" in right past tense. When it was left unanswered, it was suggested to use imperfect tense as per 'quick lesson'. Does "right past tense" mean "imperfect tense"? This terminology was not used in the earlier lessons on imperfect tense. Please clarify.

Asked 9 years ago

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Nous changions de voiture tous les ans". Why can't we say "Nous changions une/notre voiture tous les ans"?

When do we use "changer de" and when do we use "changer"? What is their difference?

Thank you

Asked 7 years ago

William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Attendre v S'attendre aI am really struggling with this topic. Are the other websites on this topic?

Asked 8 years ago

R. E.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the example "J'ai bu un tiers de la bouteille". The audio speaker is a woman and the word bottle is feminine-why use the masculine version tiers?Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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 7 years ago

Yury S.B1Kwiziq community member

The example for dropping 'ne' explétif in speechThe example in the remark near the end of the lesson does not have a negation in the main verb, so it wouldn't need 'ne' explétif. In fact, it's exactly the same phrase that was used in the first example in this lesson: Il est venu sans que tu le saches.

Asked 10 years ago

opeyemi o.B2Kwiziq community member

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on utilise eu

Il aura eu froid cet hiver-là. He will have been cold that winter. Pourquoi on utilise “eu”, Est ce qu’on peut utiliser “ete” C’est a dire, il aura ete froid cet hiver -la

Asked 10 years ago

Timothy H.C1Kwiziq community member

Si j'étais toiI recently came across this phrase in a conditional sentence while reading: "Si j'étais toi,...", but I can't find any grammatical reference to explain how the stressed pronoun can be used as a direct object after the verb instead of what sounds worse but looks grammatically correct: "Si je t'étais,..." Is this allowed just for emphasis or allowed within certain clauses, and is it unique to the verb être?

Asked 8 years ago

Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Connaitre v savoir ... knowledge of 'facts'.

The two sentences below look almost exactly the same, in both 'they' know a fact (what time the shop closes).

Presumably, then, its just that in the 2nd sentence the verb is followed by a noun and that alone determins that 'conaitre' should be used, (and it's nothing to do with 'they' knowing a fact)?

Ils savent à quelle heure le magasin ferme. They know what time the shop closes.

Ils connaissent l'horaire de fermeture du magasin.
They know the shop closing time.

Asked 7 years ago

stephen w.C1Kwiziq community member

Subject vs object ...I found the lesson confusing as well as the answer to this question. Je (subject) regarde (object) un film object, why was (un film) the subject. Also in the lesson its informs us that the "subject" can be replaced with with a "pronoun" , and then proceeds to replace the "object" with a "Pronoun. I do not comprehend why I am wrong."

Asked 8 years ago

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