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Melody S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The table is labeled oppositely to another I have seenhttp://leconjugueur.lefigaro.fr/conjugaison/verbe/s%27asseoir.html The lists here are numbered oppositely to the link above (1st form 2nd form). The Figaro site says: La réforme de l'orthographe de 1990 autorise à écrire le verbe asseoir sous la forme assoir. I don't know the conventions of the figaro site- thus I don't know which form is the pre 1990 one, and which is post 1990. I don't know enough about verb conjugations to guess which is for s'asseoir and which is for s'assoir (same applies to this lesson). It would be helpful to give info here as to which is which. Kwiziq uses Connaître, which according to figaro is the pre-1990 version (as do other teaching sites I've seen). Same for figaro http://leconjugueur.lefigaro.fr/conjugaison/verbe/connaitre.html It says however: La réforme de l'orthographe de 1990 autorise à écrire le verbe connaître sous la forme connaitre. By comparison with s'asseoir and s'assoir, there's hardly any difference in conjugation of connaitre vs connaître (circomflex).

Asked 10 years ago

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Christian H.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

"La dernière fois que" vs "La dernière fois où"

"La dernière fois que nous avions fait ça ensemble, c'était en 2011! "

I think "la dernière fois où" should be given as an option. See:
- https://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/expressions-francaises/2017/06/04/37003-20170604ARTFIG00012-la-premiere-fois-que-ou-la-premiere-fois-o-trouvez-l-erreur.php

- Grevise: 725

Or is "la dernière fois où" as unusual (even if grammatically correct) to encounter as "chaque fois où"?

Are there other usages of "fois" where "où" whould be very unusual?

(The other use of "fois" in this example "les rares fois où les attaquants adverses se sont approchés de notre but" does not seem to be one of them.)

Asked 2 years ago

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Jim J.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Je sais le faireThe translation according to the lesson is "I can do it" but surely to express "I can do it" is "Je peux le faire"?

Asked 9 years ago

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Sandra L.B2KwizIQ community member

English vs American EnglishI find it amusing from this side of the pond. It is not good English here to say he's got a brother, he has a brother is more proper to the tongue. We ask how many siblings do you have? not have you got? Just usage, neither wrong. There are numerous expressions I see you Brits use and we don't!

Asked 9 years ago

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Joanne H.B1KwizIQ community member

Chercher vs trouverHi there,

Can we say "pour trouver le cadeau parfait" as well a "pour chercher le cadeau parfait"?

Thanks8

Asked 5 years ago

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S. P.A2KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

I don't understand the rule about ordering object pronouns So I understand that object pronouns go in front of the verb but I just don't "get" the rule. So I know Je lui ai parlé. = I talked to him. But can someone point me at an explanation of this rule?

Asked 11 years ago

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Johnny L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

J'ai passéI'm so confused. Why is it "J'ai passé un an en Espagne" but "J'ai passé la journée avec Martin"? Why is one talking about the duration while the other is not?

Asked 10 years ago

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Lubna H.A0KwizIQ community member

Son sa ses

Why we say

Elle est son sac

Not Elle est sa sac

Asked 7 years ago

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Stewart H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"J'ai tenu une conversation en française". Is this a correct use of tenir?

Asked 8 years ago

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Mary W.A2KwizIQ community member

Vous mangez de la viande ? - Non, nous ne mangeons jamais de viande. - No, I never eat meat.Why have you used "nous ne mangeons jamais" for first person singular?

Asked 9 years ago

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