French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,645 questions • 31,657 answers • 954,243 learners

Ask a question

Find your French level for FREE

Test your French to the CEFR standard

Find your French level

D. A.A0Kwiziq community member

Aux États-Unis

C'est possible de rendre la vidéo accessible aux États-Unis?

Asked 1 year ago

Like5Answer2

Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

More on concordance of tenses

Re Daniel E’s post and responses below

I’m finding the use of the subjunctive past for future actions unexpectedly tricky, I think because the English "I need to leave by nine" or "they need us to arrive", already includes the idea of a completed future action (you can’t leave without having left or arrive without having arrived!)

Is the subjunctive present ever an option in this type of sentence or is the subjunctive past mandated?

Asked 1 year ago

Like0Answer5

JoAnn W.Kwiziq community member

Online reference materials for A2 level

Bonjour,

I am A2 level and would like to know what online resource I should use to reference words and phrases in french.

Merci

JoAnn

Asked 1 year ago

Like0Answer1

Frank C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A big thank you!

Yes, for introducing me to some new expressions, i.e. "tu n'as pas l'air dans ton assiette", "j'ai du mal à fermer l'œil" and "de fester de marbre". Now, to try to use them!

Asked 2 years ago

Like4Answer1

Nicholas T.C1Kwiziq community member

Ça te redonnera des forces

Given that we are talking about a near term thing, why isn’t this better: viens boire un verre, ça va te redonner des forces?

Asked 2 years ago

Like0Answer1

Stephen B.B2Kwiziq community member

A small point about an English translationIn your mangé example, the English translation is: I had eaten all the biscuits, and there was none left for the guests!

Biscuits is plural. Surely it should be:

I had eaten all the biscuits, and there were none left for the guests!

Thanks, Stephen