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Adelaida L.C1KwizIQ community member

La voiture a la priorité versus tu as de la chance

I love these translations although they are very humbling.

Is there a simple explanation for why "de" is needed in "Tu as de la chance" but not in "La voiture à la droite a la priorité? Merci!

Asked 3 years ago

Don R.C1KwizIQ community member

« Avoir un impact négatif sur... » équivaut-il à « nuire à » ?Au lieu de « cette toxicité qui avait un impact négatif sur les autres relations de ma vie », j'ai écrit « cette toxicité qui nuisait aux autres relations de ma vie ». Est-ce acceptable ?

Asked 3 years ago

Sue B.A2KwizIQ community member

Why do we say restez and utilisez

I know I've covered this at sometime but can't remember why we add ez on words that don't have vous in front of it. Please remind me.

Asked 2 years ago

Quienie B.KwizIQ community member

Marriage CertificateWill it be a big deal if the name of my French husband in our marriage cert is incorrect? They encoded all letter e in his name as "é" where it should be only 2 letters é and the other one is just "e"

Asked 2 years ago

David M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"They came from Europe"

I feel that this is an ambiguous statement and could be passé composé (as the act of transition) or l'imparfait (as a state of being). As in "My mother was Oriental, but my father came from Europe" vs. "They came from Europe to go to the funeral". Compare: "Once upon a time, a king lived in his castle."

Asked 3 years ago

Elizabeth S.C1KwizIQ community member

Please remove historic past questions from my study plan. I’m not I retested in these

Asked 2 years ago

Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Question about agreement

In the sentence, "Je vais me laisser tenter par la deuxième option qui a l'air vraiment intéressante à faire.", the adjective, intéressante, is féminine. I would have thought that this adjective is modifying the word 'air', which is masculine, rather than obliqely referring to the feminine noun, 'option'. Could you explain?

Asked 2 years ago

Alberta N.B2KwizIQ community member

rentrer meaning in this sentence

I don't understand the difference between these two english responses. I chose the scones in the quiz and it was market wrong. Thank you for any clarification.

"Mathilde a rentré la voiture avant qu'il ne pleuve." means:

· Mathilde put the car back (in the garage) before it rained.

· Mathilde returned the car before it rained.

Asked 2 years ago

Laura K.A2KwizIQ community member

Avec (de, du, des) vs aux

AVEC DE (du, des) vs aux Is there a rule for this?

Salade DE

Saumon AVEC DU , DES

Poulet AVEC DES

Pâtes AUX Gâteau au...AVEC glace

aux pommes AVEC crème

Asked 1 year ago

eric d.C1KwizIQ community member

Expressing large numbers

Why were my answers marked as wrong? Surely Six millions de dollars & Six milliards de dollars are correct.

Asked 3 years ago

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