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Herb C.C1KwizIQ community member

J'adore aussi l'odeur des châtaignes

I find the difference between singular and plural to be very subtle in spoken French, even when spoken slowly and carefully as in the audio lessons.

des (¨day¨) vs de (¨duh¨)

J'adore aussi l'odeur des châtaignes (plural)

J'adore aussi l'odeur de châtaigne (singular)

Any hints on how to pick up that difference when listening?

Asked 4 years ago

Marie C.C1KwizIQ community member

I’m sorry. After 2 weeks of getting these wrong, I am just not getting this.

In my last test the answer was ‘le jour de Pâques‘. I got it wrong. Now the answer is ‘à la Sainte-Catherine‘. I got it wrong. Next the answer is ‘à Noël’. I got it wrong. Could you put all the rules on one page please, so I can see the pattern? Thanks.

Asked 4 years ago

Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Savoir vs. Connaître

English: I knew who was invited, but I didn't know the other details.

French: Je savais qui était invité, mais je ne connaissais pas les autres détails.

I got this wrong. My thinking was that 'who' was a direct object and a person or persons, therefore connaître. I would have used connaître in the second part, again détails is the direct object, but I was influenced by my error in the first use of 'to know '; hence I chose savoir. Please explain why the first calls for savoir. Thanks.

Asked 2 years ago

homard j.B1KwizIQ community member

Translation of listening exercises

Are there translations (French into English) available for the listening/dictation exercises? Where would I find them? I use this to test/practice my listen comprehension as well.

Asked 3 years ago

Stewart H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

where there'll be lots of amateur bands ... ... où Il y aura plein de groups amateurs.

Could you please explain why the future tense of être (to be) is incorrect when translating 'there'll be'.

Asked 3 years ago

Jack G.C1KwizIQ community member

je peux recharger mes batteries

would 'je peux recharger mes piles' be acceptable?

Asked 3 years ago

Kay C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

elle m'est aussi restée dimanche

While I did use "elle est aussi restée avec moi dimanche" could you use "elle m'est aussi restée dimanche" ?

Asked 5 years ago

Jeuri M.C1KwizIQ community member

"Nous t'avons tant désiré pendant si longtemps...."

I'm wondering why the verb tense here doesn't match the English sentence that was given : "We **had wanted** you so much for so long... ".

Asked 4 years ago

Archana J.C1KwizIQ community member

Est-ce que je peux écrire

baisser la température

a la place de

faire descendre la temperature

Merci

Asked 4 years ago

Alexandra B.A2KwizIQ community member

Why passe compose"Nous avons joué aux cartes, comme d'habitude"

Why do i not use l'imperfait in this sentence. Its a habit? So i use the imperfait?

Asked 2 years ago

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