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Maja J.A1KwizIQ community member

J'habite au Stockholm

Asked 10 years ago

Jeff H.C1KwizIQ community member

Passé composé + avant que : Why subjonctif? It seems very factual (vs doubt)As I see more examples with the subjunctive, I’ve been trying to get the feel for the sense of the usage rather than relying on memorizing the patterns. One example though eludes me as to where the sense of doubt is coming from. In particular, the use of passé composé seems to remove the uncertainty. This statement seems rather factual vs the other examples in the exercise.
Tu es arrivé avant que je n'aie fini mes devoirs.You arrived before I finished my homework
Is there a way of interpreting this to get the sense of the subjunctive mood?

Asked 4 years ago

Mark A.B2KwizIQ community member

How to add accents when taking the tests?No doubt very easy. However, I am unable to find out how to add them when I type in my answers.

Asked 9 years ago

Magnus H.C1KwizIQ community member

Asked 10 years ago

r. p.B2KwizIQ community member

Martin n'est pas arrivé depuis longtempsA negative completed in the past, would that not be (in English) "had" instead of "have"?? Because "has not" sounds uncompleted

Asked 10 years ago

Tom Rune K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The preposition "de"Is the preposition "de" needed whenever "faire exprès" is followed by an infinitive? Whereas with conjugated verbs we can do without "de"? Or is it more complicated than that?

Asked 8 years ago

Feyisayo A.A1KwizIQ community member

Subjonctif present d'être

If I want to say, "I hope that you are fine" in French, can I say, " J'espère que tu sois bien?"

Asked 6 years ago

Maarten K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Beaucoup de - many

'Beaucoup de marques' gets the strike through for "many brands" - Larousse notes 'beaucoup de' as a synonym with 'de nombreux', and meaning 'many' (or a lot) in front of countable nouns.

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/beaucoup/8472

Asked 5 years ago

ian L.C1KwizIQ community member

Elision and "ne ... pas allé."The spoken example of "Je ne suis pas allé au cinéma." has no hint of elision between 'pas' and 'allé'. I am always baffled by where things get elided and where they are not. Are there any rules about this? Where should I look? Merci beaucoup, Ian L.

Asked 9 years ago

Paris K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

j'ai dû, je dois

Bonjour les gars et les experts

Au sujet de la frase, 'j'ai dû le lire trop vite!'

Serait-ce possible de dire aussi 'je dois l'avoir lu trop vite!'?

Asked 6 years ago

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