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Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aller à pied, marcher, se promener Aller à pied et marcher are given as acceptable translations of to walk. Why is se promener not included ?

Asked 3 years ago

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Sue H.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you substitute 'au fil de' for 'à travers', 's'infiltre dans' for pénètre', 'flâner’ for ’parcourir'?

Asked 4 years ago

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Winging B.C1Kwiziq community member

Tense of devoir

My immediate instinct was to use "Attention ! Le mélange ne devrait pas trop chaud," but it was marked incorrect. In this particular context, is there a hard reason why it is better to use "Le mélange ne doit pas être trop chaud" instead?

Asked 2 years ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Present vs. Past subjunctiveElles ne sont pas allées à la soirée ________ là.They didn't go to the party for fear that you would be there.(HINT: Use 'tu'.)
The correct answer is "de crainte que tu ne sois."Why do we use the present subjunctive instead of theimparfait subjunctive or past subjunctive?
"They didn't go to the party for fear that you would be there."In English, I typically hear "out of fear" vs. "for fear."
Why do we pair le passé composé with the present subjunctive?The past action or inaction was in the past and the fear (of you) wasin the past. I submitted "fusses," but that was incorrect. I assumethat "aies été" was incorrect as well.
Is there a time period where you typically use imparfait (more thana day? or a week?) vs. passé composé with être?

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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Reo S.A2Kwiziq community member

why ''quels bonbons tu as choisis''why not ''quels bonbons tu as choisi''?

Asked 4 years ago

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nu u.B2Kwiziq community member

relative pronounsLe chat, auquel tu as fait peur, s'est caché sous le lit.

Je sais que cette phrase est correct mais je ne sais pas pourquoi. Selon mon connaisance de ce sujet AUQUEL est à + lequel.

donc le verbe ici c'est une locution FAIRE PEUR. est-ce que la structure de ce verbe est faire peur à qqn? si non pourquoi il a utilisé auquel et pas lequel?

Asked 4 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

pouvaient or pouvait?

In “Je me suis donc retrouvée dans une cabine relativement spacieuse dans laquelle pouvaient coucher jusqu'à six voyageurs.” why is it pouvaient as opposed to pouvait? As the subject (une cabine) is singular I was expecting pouvait.

Asked 4 years ago

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mo a.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

aussi bien que

Hi, I used " pour autant que je m'en souvienne" and it marked my answer as wrong. Can someone please explain that. thanks

Asked 2 years ago

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P. T.C1Kwiziq community member

Third person singular conjugation

The conjugation that you provide includes the following line:

il / elle / on est apparu(e)(s)

Under which circumstances would it be valid to have "est apparus" or "est apparues"? Or is the "(s)" redundant?