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J. S.C1Kwiziq community member

Quelle est la règle pour "les cheveux longs et raides"?

L'adjectif "long" précède normalement le nom et si j'ai "a big white house", c'est une grande maison blanche, n'est-ce pas? Pourquoi dans le cas des cheveux sont-ils "les cheveux longs et raides" et pas "les longs cheveux raides"? Merci.

Asked 1 year ago

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Memol B.A1Kwiziq community member

vous vrs ta

Bonjour,

In this sentence which I found it in a book, vous etes combien dans ta famille?

Why they used "ta" and not "vos" or "votre"?

Merci

Asked 1 year ago

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P J.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is "en" included?

In "la surprise n'en sera que plus grande" why "n'en sera que" rather than "ne sera que"? The lesson says en can replace the preceding de+phrase but I cannot see de+phrase.

Asked 1 year ago

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paul b.B2Kwiziq community member

Passé Composée use here

Why is it "Mes fils ont toujours adoré cette tradition" ? If the tradition is ongoing with no start and finish should not the 'imparfait' be used here?

Asked 1 year ago

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Aashpreet K.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

ANY in Negation

Can I also say - Je n'ai pas d'idée. [I don't have any idea.], just like I can say - Je n'ai pas de lait. [I don't have any milk.] or Je n'ai pas de sœur.

If not, why??

Asked 1 year ago

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Martin B.Kwiziq community member

On la voit sous forme de statues et de bustes dans les mairies - not sure how "sous" works in this phrase?

Asked 2 years ago

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MARTIN B.A1Kwiziq community member

"révélé le talentueux MarcAndré Grondin" is translated "featured the talented Marc-André Grondin for the first time". Does révélé imply "first time"?

Asked 2 years ago

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Dracus V.C1Kwiziq community member

The difference between devoir in Le Conditionnel Passé and L'imparfait

What is the difference between devoir in Le Conditionnel Passé and L'imparfait?

For example: Where do these two questions differ?

1. Tu devais fermer la porte à clé.

2. Tu aurais dû fermer la porte à clé.

And please don't simply translate them into English. Paraphrase would be better for me to understand. S'il vous plaît !

Asked 1 year ago

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Xayat A.C1Kwiziq community member

« Prévoir » vs. « planifier »

At the very start, why is it « ...as-tu prévu quelque chose pour le week-end ? » and not « ...as-tu planifié quelque chose pour le week-end ? » ?
What is the difference between the verb « prévoir » and « planifier » ?

Asked 10 months ago

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