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Trevor P.A1Kwiziq community member

Il fait vs C'est

So, in the real world, I won't hear "C'est humide" if I ask about the weather on a rainy day?

Asked 6 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'est la même?This may be a rule I have made up but I thought there was no agreement with même when it followed c'est?

Asked 9 years ago

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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

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Shadi M.A0Kwiziq community member

J'ai trente et un ans

Asked 9 years ago

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Z. T.A1Kwiziq community member

J'habite à Genève, mais je suis hongroise. Où habitez-vous?

Asked 9 years ago

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diane b.C1Kwiziq community member

LUI/ ELLE: stress or indirect object pronoun after parler à?I'm glad Stuart asked this. I'm confused too. Sadly I'm no further enlightened by the answer given here. If both stress pronouns and indirect object pronouns follow structures such as 'écrire à qqn', 'téléphoner à qqn' etc., how do we know whether to use 'elle' (stress pronoun) or 'lui' (indirect object pronoun)? Grateful for more clarification. Many thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Gender of hyphenated nounsIn A1, there is a long lesson that tries to tell us how to infer a word's gender based on word ending patterns. Based on that, I can correctly guess that both "lave" and "vaisselle" are feminine, so why does dictionaries tell me "lave-vaisselle" is masculine ?

Asked 10 years ago

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Dean G.C1Kwiziq community member

Peut-on utiliser "nettement" au lieu de "clairement?"

Asked 9 years ago

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Dominique D.Kwiziq community member

in Comment tu t’appelles a subject or verb

is Comment tu t’appelles a subject or a verb

Asked 5 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mangeons-en vs allez-vous enThe lesson shows us "mangeons-en" and I know that "allez-vous en" is a valid sentence. Both are imperative. Why the difference in construction? Why is it not "mangeons-nous en" or "allez-en"? It is just that "allez-vous en" is an idiom or there some underlying graammatical rule?

Asked 8 years ago

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