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D. K.A2Kwiziq community member

heartache"ATTENTION: The expression "avoir mal au cœur" does NOT mean you're having a heartache or a heart attack, but that you're feeling sick, like you want to throw up." how do you say "my heart hurts" then?

Asked 8 years ago

Anthea P.C1Kwiziq community member

Après avoir/êtreAll of the examples I've seen with après avoir/être + past particple are followed by another action in the past tense e.g. 'après avoir lu mon livre, je suis allé au lit'. However, can the comstruction be used with a second action in the present tense? e.g. 'après avoir lu mon livre, je vais au lit' to mean 'after reading my book, I go to bed'.

Asked 9 years ago

Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mon père et moi

Is it optional to use the subject pronoun after "mon pére et moi" as in The fireworks example?

Ma sœur et moi nous avons rejoint ...

compared "mon père et moi avons décidé" in Fishing with Dad?

Asked 4 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu préfères le chocolat ou la vanille ? - La vanille, c'est bon, mais le chocolat, c'est meilleur !First of all Happy Christmas to you all and many thanks for the hard work and patience the team puts into this question forum. My question is, in the above sentence, is the c'est as apposed to just est necessary, or is it just stylistic?

Asked 9 years ago

Hope O.A1Kwiziq community member

Placement of même

Why is it sometimes before the noun and sometimes after when used as an adjective? And I see some patterns in it's placement as an adverb but if you have any advice on that as well that would be great.

Asked 6 years ago

Robert B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

François Ier protégea Léonard de Vinci. The sound for 'François Ier protégea Léonard de Vinci.' says 'François premier protégea Léonard de Vinci.' Is this an error?

Asked 10 years ago

Jho L.A0Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Philippines

Asked 7 years ago

Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How and why do I use “y” in this sentence

“Je vais y aller avec toi.” Instead of (my version) “J’y vais aller avec toi.”

Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

Kristin H.A1Kwiziq community member

How do you say it was cloudy (past tense)?

Asked 7 years ago

Helen B.A1Kwiziq community member

Does not the verb chanter begins with an “sh” sound? In your example “tu chante bien » the sh sounded like s.

Asked 7 years ago

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