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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 8 months ago

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Aangi S.Kwiziq community member

J'habite ____ Pune (use contacted article to compete the sentence)

Use contacted articles to complete the following sentence

J'habite _____pune

Asked 1 year ago

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Christine S.A1Kwiziq community member

Use of Masculine and feminine when talking about timePendant son année sabbatique, il a voyagé autour du monde.During his sabbatical year, he travelled around the world.
In this example, why is it 'son' annee sabbatique? AS annee sabbatique is feminine, shoud it not be 'sa'?

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No agreement when faire is used as a past participle

I got this question wrong in a test on another site. Unfortunately no explanation was given. Can someone tell me why there is no agreement when faire is used in this case as a past participle ?

Les modifications que j'ai faites apporter au projet sont approuvées. (Marked wrong)

Les modifications que j'ai fait apporter au projet sont approuvées. (The right answer)

Asked 1 year ago

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Dr S.A1Kwiziq community member

wrong translation in hint in the questionIt should be "The Lady in Black has haunted this house for centuries" instead of The Woman in Black has haunted this house for centuries for the question La Dame en Noir ________ cette maison depuis des siècles. "The woman" will translate to "la femme" whereas in question it was "La Dame" so it should give "The Lady" in hint translation.

Asked 1 year ago

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Katherine F.A2Kwiziq community member

9 different past tenses?!

Why are there 9 different types of past tense? NINE?! 🤯 Will even a native speaker really use all those? I give up lol

Asked 11 months ago

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Navtej L.B1Kwiziq community member

I've been learning the language for about 2.5 months now and I've quite improved in my reading, speaking, writing, and but not in my listening

I don't know why but I am just not able to get what the other person is saying in french. Like my listening is not improving at that pace

Asked 1 year ago

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Anne D.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

J'avais bien entendu parler de ce nouveau poste - another question

I was also thrown by this sentence because at first sight it contains the phrase "bien entendu". I guess the "bien" is qualifying "j’ai entendu parler", but does it mean something more than just "J'avais entendu parler de ce nouveau poste" ?

Asked 1 year ago

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Layra L.B1Kwiziq community member

verbs with direct object

how can i distinguish which verbs with direct object, which with indirect object? i did a lot of wrong answers because of that.

Asked 1 year ago

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i. l.C1Kwiziq community member

Ça n'a donc pas été une surprise

I am surprised by the position of 'donc'.

As an adverb I would have expected it between pas and été.

As a conjunction I would have expected it after été, or at the beginning of the phrase