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caroline g.A2Kwiziq community member

Which of the following is correct?Le docteur a donné les médicaments aux malades Le docteur les leur a donnés OR donné ?

Asked 8 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Un couple et leur enfant or un couple et son enfant?Which is correct? In other words, is "couple" considered two people or a single unit ?

Asked 8 years ago

Vi V.C1Kwiziq community member

"Tu joues de la trompette ---> Tu en joues"Mais je crois que cette exemple n'est pas correcte: "Tu joues de la trompette ---> Tu en joues". Il vaut mieux "Tu joues à la trompette ---> Tu y joues", n'est-ce pas ?

Asked 7 years ago

Paula B.C1Kwiziq community member

How do you say 'she had just left' - 'elle venait de partir'or 'elle était venue de partir''She had left' suggests the pluperfect, but it's hard to apply the construction for ’just left'

Asked 9 years ago

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

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

Jacob A.C1Kwiziq community member

How many negatives can you fit (grammaticaly) into a French sentence?

Asked 9 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement of froidWhy is it not nous avions eu froids instead of nous avions eu froid. Is froid not an adjective here? In so many of the other examples there is agreement. What is the difference?

Asked 9 years ago

Gavin E.C1Kwiziq community member

Kwiziq ScoringI was trying to improve my previous A1 & A2 grades and remove the light yellow areas in my brain map and it seems impossible to get above 84.6%. I'd be right at 84.6% and then get a succession of 10/10 results and my score would drop to 84.5%. I could then work back to 84.6% slowly - but I couldn't ever seem to get above that result and the yellow areas in my brain map stayed depressingly un-green.

Asked 9 years ago

Kate D.B2Kwiziq community member

France uses metric, when do they use "la livre"?

In Germany "ein Pfund" (a pound) is used for 500 gm (one pound = approx. 454 gm). Do the French use "une livre" this way? If not, what would they sell by the pound instead of by the kilo?

Asked 5 years ago

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