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Cathy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Est-ce tu as mis la table comme je te l'ai demandé? What does la or le represent?

Asked 7 years ago

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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Belgium is a country, why not "je viens de la Belgique" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Will V.B1Kwiziq community member

Is the pronoun always masculine when referring to previously established complete ideas?

Asked 10 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is renverser equally good or better for implying "turn upside down"?

Asked 7 years ago

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JM P.B2Kwiziq community member

La liaison?The audio clips don't have a clear pattern when it comes to making a liaison between "suis" and the nationalities beginning with a vowel. It this an optional liaison? What would you recommend?

Asked 9 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

de or à between verbs, please?Below are examples of French sentences from a kwizik quiz: In the first sentence, is there a rule to follow please, so I know to put de & not à between the conjugated verb refuser & verb lever? Speaking English, you would not say "refuse OF to lift", so I'd want to put an à, (if anything). No. 1: Les voleurs refusent de lever les mains. (The thieves refuse to raise their hands.) The 2nd sentence below, why put anything between matinée & écrire please? Doesn't écrire mean writing as well as 'to write'? The "à" already has a presence..!? The same point for sentence No. 3 below. The à is already contained within the infinitve form of the verb "espionner": TO spy. No. 2: J'ai passé la matinée à écrire. (I spent the morning writing.) No. 3: Elle s'amuse à espionner sa soeur. (She has fun spying on her sister.) Hoping someone will please shed some light..or rule.. about how to know which word to use: de or à, & why we need to put anything here at all ? Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

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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

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Deborah N.C1Kwiziq community member

Typing accents on an ipadI've just switched to using an iPad but am finding that the "hold down the letter" thing in order to type accents, isn't working. Any ideas?

Asked 8 years ago

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Annie H.A1Kwiziq community member

Definite articles for parts of the bodyHaving read the lesson about using the definite article when referring to parts of the body, why does the idiom for "taking to one's heels" translate as "nous avons pris nos jambes à notre cou"? as in the practice lesson "la main dans le sac" posted on Facebook recently.

Asked 8 years ago

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M. K.C1Kwiziq community member

Could you explain when you would use en + le gérondif as opposed to tout en + le gérondif? Thanks!

Asked 8 years ago

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