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darwenmint@gmail.com K.C1Kwiziq community member

Is it cold?I've tried a couple of alternative ways to say this other than the stock "Il fait froid". I know they are not listed as alternatives, but are mine correct. 1. Il fait mal, can you say this as "Il fait bon" means it's warm/hot? 2 In my experience most native speakers I have met would usually say "Il ne fait pas chaud", or some highly contracted form.

Asked 7 years ago

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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je te le dis pour que tu ne sois pas surpris.Why here le has come ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Kathy h.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"You must clean their room"Bonjour, I understand that using "Il faut" + infinitive is very formal, but if I want to express "You must clean their room" I believe this would be "Il te faut nettoyer sa chambre". Or, to sound less formal, would it be more common to say "Tu dois nettoyer sa chambre" ? Merci en avance ! Kathy

Asked 8 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Comment ça se fait que v comment cela se fait que?Are either of these forms strictly correct, or is comment se fait-il que the more orthodox. A bit confused.

Asked 8 years ago

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Kari F.B2Kwiziq community member

Forms in l'impératif Why do some verbs conjugate in the il/elle form if the lesson says there can only be tu/nous/vous? Example Donne-lui, Regarde-le etc. I am confused.

Asked 7 years ago

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Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Tu viendras me voir aprés avoir mangé ton dessert.This is the quiz question it was applicable to: Tu viendras me voir ________ ton dessert. (You'll come and see me when you've eaten your dessert.) ->quand tu auras mangé
Aside from the fact that the response does not follow the sense of the lesson, does this not express the same thought: Tu viendras me voir après avoir mangé ton dessert.?

Asked 7 years ago

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renwa f.A1Kwiziq community member

you said that we use des only with countable nouns, does that means that uncountable nouns are treated as singular in french ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Chijioke O.A1Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Lagos

Asked 9 years ago

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Conrad P.A1Kwiziq community member

Y vs En

Hi,

I was wondering if somebody could explain to me please when one should use 'Y' vs using 'En'.
For example, in trying to say "She thinks of it" - could it not be "elle y pense" or "elle en pense"?
Is it just determined by the context? Ie if the sentence before used De use En or if it used A use Y?

Any help greatly appreciated.

Asked 5 years ago

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Jacob D.C1Kwiziq community member

Faire vs Cuisiner

Mildly thrown off, and it's actually only related somewhat, but one of the questions I was asked was "You were going to make soup, but then..." and what threw me off was I attempted to use cuisiner instead of faire, as I thought that's what you used in regards to making food, but the answer used faire? Or is that just specific dishes and general types of food use faire?

Asked 2 years ago

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