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Diana S.A1KwizIQ community member

Tu veux venir à la piscine? - Oui, je le veux.The idea is introduced with à, why do we use le instead of y. Am a little lost here.

Asked 9 years ago

Marnie C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Tarte aux pommesIs this considered another « fixed » expression used to describe food. Just curious because as « pommes » is feminine and plural one would normally say « tarte à les pommes » . Are there other similar exceptions?

Asked 8 years ago

steve p.A0KwizIQ community member

Hello. Can anyone please explain the difference between:

Sa/ses/son

And

Ta/tes/ton

Please.

Steve

Asked 6 years ago

John C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why is the indirect object pronoun required with this expression?The verb aller does not require à so the direct object pronoun seems more correct. Also the direct object pronoun seems even more correct in the negative, when the clothing does not suit someone. Thanks.

Asked 10 years ago

Emilia D.A2KwizIQ community member

ma belle-mère et mon beau-père

doesn't belle-mère and beau-père also mean mother-in-law and father-in-law? I've never heard of them being the step-parents

Asked 6 years ago

Ayush S.A1KwizIQ community member

Can "je viens de" also mean I have just, if the phrase is followed by an infintive of a verb

Asked 9 years ago

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

Monica C.A1KwizIQ community member

Why woudnt it be "devant de la table"?

Asked 10 years ago

Richard H.C1KwizIQ community member

Depuis, depuis…

Would be good to have further explanation of when you use the present (which we all know is 'normal' with depuis) and when you use the the passé composé. I realise it's quite complicated, but using three examples with two different tenses, without acknowledgement, is rather confusing. (Ah, just read the existing comments. See I'm not the first to feel this!)

Asked 6 years ago

Marshaline L.A0KwizIQ community member

how do i say I live in Jamaica

Asked 7 years ago

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