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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why c'est, not elle est ?

"C'est une petite lampe de bureau en forme de phare breton. "

"C'est très joli ! "

I am reading

"C'est" vs "Il/Elle est" to say it is/she is/he is in French

Based on that, I am thinking this: we have a specific item here, not a general subject like "La science",

so we can't use 2a - c'est for general, unspecific statements and opinions

so why isn't it using : 2b "il est/elle est for statements and opinions related to specific things"

= Elle est très jolie.

Thanks Paul.

Asked 2 years ago

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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Meaning of "Bien Avoir"

Although, the meaning of "bien avoir" can be surmised from the context, I still wanted to do some research. I was unable to find any information in Collins Dictionary, LaRousse or even Reverso.

I take it, "Tu m'as bien eu !" to mean something like, "You really fooled me!"

Does anyone have any insight into this particular phrase?

Merci a tous ! This was a fun little story.

Asked 1 year ago

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Kat N.A0Kwiziq community member

Is this a correct way to introduce myself?

Bonjour! Je m'appelle Khyatee, mais je me fais appeler Kat.

I believe it's right but I'm not sure how to specify that Kat is a nickname/preferred name.

Asked 2 years ago

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Sharon J.A2Kwiziq community member

un fils modele and une fille modele (sorry on my laptop so can't add accents)

why is the feminine adjective modele the same as the masculine and not modelee?

Asked 1 year ago

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Ian C.B1Kwiziq community member

WHen to drop the EZ from the vous form?

I don't understand why in this lesson the example is given i.e. the ez is dropped from the verb

-Donne-moi les fleurs!

-Give me the flowers!

However, I have been marked as incorrect by doing what seems to be the exact same thing.

Make this statement into an order : "Vous me donnez les fleurs": ________ les fleurs!imperative

· Donnez-moi RIGHT

· Donne-moi WRONG

Is this a mistake on your part or am I missing something here?

Asked 2 years ago

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Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Object Pronouns with Inversion Questions

Is this also the correct way of framing inversion questions with Object Pronouns??? -

1. L’Aimes-tu? / L'aimez-vous? [Do you like him/her?]

2. Lui parles-tu souvent? / Lui parlez-vous souvent? [Do you speak to him/her often?]

3. Les avez-vous vus? / Les avez-vous vues? [Have you seen them?]

Is the above way more formal, than the intonation method used in this lesson?

Asked 1 year ago

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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

À partir de et dès

Est-ce qu'on utilise "À partir du premier jour des vacances..." au lieu de "Dès le premier jour des vacances..." dans ce contexte ? Si non, pourquoi ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Birdies N.A0Kwiziq community member

Why is it conjugated like that?

Fish which Japanese people love (raffoler de) are becoming extinct.

Les poissons dont les japonais raffolent de sont en voie de disparition.

Why is the sont conjugated as well, I thought two verbs couldn't follow each other in conjugated form. I though that one needed to be in infinif form.

Asked 2 years ago

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Shuneza S.A1Kwiziq community member

Asuggestion to improve la dictee

We would profit if after the exercise we are given the sentences where we had made mistakes, or given a retrial to specifically work on them.

Asked 2 years ago

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