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Philip H.B2Kwiziq community member

Où vs Pendant Laquelle vs Dans Laquelle

This discussion has me confused- it seems contradictory. The question was L'année ______ Napoléon a été sacré empereur. I knew that 'où' would be correct, but from comments in the thread it stated that 'pendant laquelle' would also be correct. So I tried that but it was marked wrong. I'm also confused as to whether 'dans laquelle' would be ok. There are comments in the thread that imply it is ok, but others that it "doesn't sound right". Can someone clarify? Thanks

Asked 1 year ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reason for feminine word ending

Hi, in “Curieuse de nature, je m'y étais aventurée !”, is “curieuse” in its feminine form (as opposed to the masculine “curieux”) because the speaker is female? Am I right in thinking that this is not influenced at all by the female word “nature”?

Asked 2 years ago

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Pamela L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Son style modern continue d'inspirer

I translated this as 'continue à inspirer'

Could you explain when to use 'continuer de' and when to use 'continuer à'?

Merci

Asked 2 years ago

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Martin B.Kwiziq community member

Why "ce drôle de mot" rather than "ce drôle mot" or "ce mot drôle"?

Asked 2 years ago

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J. H.A2Kwiziq community member

Mistake in presentation.

Plural uncountable noun

les épinardsdes
Tu manges des épinards.
(You eat some spinach.)This explanation is incorrect. There's no such thing as a plural uncountable noun. The very definition of a non-count noun is that it doesn't take a plural inflection. You need to explain this as a difference between what's a count versus non-count noun between the two languages. "Spinach" is non-count in English but countable in French (hence taking "des."

Asked 1 year ago

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Elle V.C1Kwiziq community member

Salle de bains

Hello! Why is bain plural here with an s? I would expect there would only be one bathroom to each hotel room.

Asked 8 months ago

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i. l.C1Kwiziq community member

je ne vais pas insister

Ou "je ne vais pas persiter"

Asked 2 years ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Describing and expressing opinions

It took me a moment to understand this heading - does it mean that 1 Describing and 2 Expressing Opinions are two different uses of l’imparfait? (rather than both describing opinions and expressing them)

Asked 1 year ago

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Herb C.C1Kwiziq community member

...un acteur hollywoodien...

Whew! I listened to this section a dozen times and was not anywhere close to that answer!

Maybe consider adding ¨hollywoodien¨ or something similar to the pre-lesson hints...?

Asked 2 years ago

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Nick S.C1Kwiziq community member

Agreement of Past Participle when using Etre

In 'nous nous étions fait piquer' why does the 'fait' not need to agree with the subject?

Asked 2 years ago