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Barbara R.A1Kwiziq community member

would the negative be, for example, Ils ne seraient pas tellement déçus.Is this correct? Vous ne seriez pas surpris. And this - to ask if he would be happy to help? Est-ce qu'il serait heureux d'aider

Asked 9 years ago

William S.C1Kwiziq community member

Can "de bonne heure" be used to express "early". For a question the correct answer was "en advance". Tu es en avance aujourd'hui. Could one say Tu es de bonne heure aujourd'hui.

Asked 9 years ago

Sarah T.C1Kwiziq community member

j'ai passé ou je suis passé

Asked 9 years ago

Nicole C.C1Kwiziq community member

Again stuck on when to use passé simple. Thought not used much in conversation these days?

Asked 9 years ago

Barbara A.C1Kwiziq community member

Am not understanding when to use passe' simple

Asked 9 years ago

Jayne M.C1Kwiziq community member

I just dont get the difference between de...à ..and.de..du...they e both used in between dates?

Asked 9 years ago

M. I.A2Kwiziq community member

Why not passé composé or plus que parfait?OK. Alors j'ai toujours des problems avec l'imparfait. Pourquoi est-ce qu'on ne doit pas utilise le passé composé avec : "Tu parlais de Jean, ce matin." "Ce matin" n'est pas une temps spécifique? L'autre example que me pose des problems c'est "Elle courait quand le bus arriva." Ça n'est pas un example d'une action interrompu? Alors il faudra utiliser le plus que parfait, non?

Asked 9 years ago

yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ai-je assez d'argent ? Not why?Inverted form of question. Is it for the purpose of pronunciation?

Asked 9 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Graham asked: "Il doit y avoir la lettre s à la terminaison du mot retourné? vous êtes retournés "

Asked 9 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Susan suggested a great mnemonic not to mix up être and faire in the passé simple :"faire has an "i," être does not, so the passé simple of faire would have an "i," and the passé simple of être would not. It's a bit simplistic, but it helped me keep the two verbs straight until I didn't have to think about which was which any more."

Asked 9 years ago

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