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Blaise P.C1KwizIQ community member

Ainsi ma mère m'a raconté que lorsque, bébé, j'avais du mal à m'endormir

Why didn't we use comme bébé here, in keeping with the English text, where it said as a baby?

Asked 6 months ago

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Isabelle S.C1KwizIQ community member

Je ne le crois pas

There is a quiz question to translate 'I don't believe so'. The 'so' threw me off.
Apparently, the right answer is 'Je ne le crois pas.' It links to this lesson, the neuter 'le'.
I am wondering why the 'le' is a neuter pronoun and not a direct object pronoun? Is it because the way croire is used here is actually 'croire que'?

Second, when I checked the answer on AI (sorry), it tells me that 'I don't believe that' translates to 'je n'y crois pas'; and 'I don't believe so' is just 'je ne crois pas'. It seems to think that 'je ne le crois pas' can only mean 'I don't believe him' -- as in, 'le' must be a direct object pronoun.

Is any of the AI answer correct, or is it all rubbish? Je ne sais pas si je dois y croire!

Asked 6 months ago

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chris w.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Nous moulons le grain dans ma famille depuis des générations

The English given or this is 'we have milled ' but the answer is in the present?

Asked 8 months ago

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Claudia B.B2KwizIQ community member

when des becomes de, d'

If des becomes de in front of an adjective that precedes a noun, why is this correct: je suis jaloux des nouvelles bottes ....? Here des is used preceding the adjective...

Asked 9 months ago

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Carl C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

why subjunctif "mes parents m'aient fait,"

Why is the subjunctive past used in "le plus beau cadeau que mes parents m'aient fait"? Seems to me the subjunctive is not necessary.

Asked 10 months ago

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Blaise P.C1KwizIQ community member

Plusieurs questionsThank you for this beautiful exercise where there was almost a one-to-one correspondence between the English and French, and instructions were given where they were due. I enjoyed completing it. I have a few questions. 1. In this sentence: 'mon mari m'avait offert une belle édition de la pièce d'Oscar Wilde "Salomé”,' in this sentence, can I enclose the word "Salomé” between guillemets? Is there a rule in French when to use inverted commas and when to use guillemets to quote something? 2. When a creative work is produced/done by someone or some entity, can we also use the preposition 'par'? For example: un documentaire par Radio-Canada? Un roman par X, des œuvres par Y. In this case precisely, la pièce par Oscar Wilde? 3. I used the same sentence as stated here: 'ces motifs exotiques et étranges qui paraissaient couvrir la toile', but the system corrected me from 'couvrir' to 'recouvrir'. 4. This is most important to me: I struggle to figure out when to use a 'pronom tonique' and when to use 'indirect object pronoun.' For example: 'un musée qui lui était entièrement dédié à Paris', I am tempted to write: 'un musée qui était entièrement dédié à (can I use consacré à as well here?) lui à Paris' in keeping with literal translation from English. Is it always the case that 'à qqn' / 'de qqn' is always replaced by an IOP? In a similar fashion, can't I say 'Je me vous souviens' instead of 'Je me souviens de vous'? 5. Is the adverbial pronoun y only present in the "Il y avoir" to translate the "There is" structure? To translate, "There exists...", "There remains...", we don't need that? I am sorry for the lengthy set of questions. Thank you for your patience.

Asked 9 months ago

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Blaise P.C1KwizIQ community member

Determinants before adjectivesEn effet, être capable de parler le français accroîtra votre employabilité, ce qui ouvrira vos chances de travailler dans différents pays francophones.

My instinct was to put a 'de' in front of 'differents' in this sentence. Can I do it?

Asked 6 months ago

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kerren r.A0KwizIQ community member

How to use this site

Hi all :) There’s so much amazing info on this site, however can anyone recommend how to best use it to study level by level? I see there’s a lot of mini quizzes, though I’d like to make sure I study the needed vocabulary topics and grammar for each level and test myself to ensure I move forward correctly. Let me know of any tips and best practices. Thanks !

Asked 4 months ago

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Mehreen K.A2KwizIQ community member

C'est vs il/ elle est

Je ne comprends pas pourquoi on utilise [Noah] c'est un véritable expert. Pourquoi on n'utilise pas "il" ici?

Asked 9 months ago

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Patrick K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Use of passe compose with pas encore

Je n'ai pas encore trouvé le trésor !

I haven't found the treasure yet!

Je ne pense pas encore à mon avenir.
I don't think of my future yet.

It seems to me that "not yet" expresses something that's ongoing, so should always be in the present like the second example. In the first example I'm still searching for the treasure, so shouldn't it be in the present? Is it the "haven't" that changes the tense?

Thanks in advance.

Asked 9 months ago

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