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Laura C.C1Kwiziq community member

Il faut et il vous faut

Hi Just to be clear. The difference between "Il faut tourner à droite" et "Il vous faut..." is that the first is general and the second is YOU specifically must turn right. Correct?? Thanks and happy hankukkah!

________ tourner à droite.You must turn right.(HINT: use "falloir")
Il fautIl vous faut

Asked 2 months ago

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Roshni O.B1Kwiziq community member

Penser à quelque-chose

Pensez-vous que les fantômes existent ? - Oui, nous ________ pensons.

In the quiz, why is the answer 'le' instead of 'y'. I thought it was 'penser à quelque-chose'.

Asked 2 months ago

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Karen H.A1Kwiziq community member

Test question answer is not correct

The answer in the quiz is incorrect.. The present tense for devenir is devenez as explained in the Quick Lesson.

Asked 3 months ago

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Laura C.C1Kwiziq community member

avoir v. etre monté

Why is my answer J'ai monté wrong? Isn't au grenier a Direct Object? and I thought être is used to go inside, to get on to embark, and avoir is used to walk up. So isn't "I went up" "walking up" ? Thanks

Ce matin, ________ monté au grenier pour ranger un peu.This morning, I went up in the attic to clean up a bit.je suisj'ai

Asked 1 month 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 3 months ago

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Olga R.A2Kwiziq community member

What are the ways to UNAMBIGUOUSLY say "It is half past seven PM." ?

What are the ways to UNAMBIGUOUSLY say "It is half past seven PM." ? why my answer Il est dix-neuf heures et demie was marked as wrong?

Asked 2 months ago

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Ted M.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What about liaison with words that begin with vowels?

The lesson could also address how ‘qui’ and ‘que’ liaison with words that begin with vowels.

Asked 3 months ago

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Barbara G.B2Kwiziq community member

Need for article

Ce produit est inférieur au nôtre.

Why "au nôtre" rather than "à nôtre"

Asked 4 months ago

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D. A.C1Kwiziq community member

Technical problem

Again the answers alternate--a few in French, but most in English, making it impossible to know how to correct my mustakes.

Asked 2 months ago

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Andreas S.B2Kwiziq community member

Informal you.

In the last sentence, starting with 'Barbara...', the hint was to use the 'informal you', so I put 'vous', and it was marked as wrong, that I should have put 'tu'.

Is there something I don't understand concerning the issue of formality?

Thanks, Andreas.

Asked 2 months ago

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