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Pj P.B1Kwiziq community member

je vais mal vs je suis malade

What is the difference between mal and malade? It looks like aller is used for mal and être for malade, but what's the difference. There's also "j'ai mal" using avoir, (not in this lesson). But given the context in comparison to this lesson, I'm guessing j'ai mal is used to say specifically where it hurts, but I'm not understanding the other two.

Asked 6 years ago

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Guilherme S.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

leur vs à eux

Is "Il va leur téléphoner." the same as " Il va téléphoner à eux."?

In other words, can a sentence written with indirect object pronouns be replaced by one with stress pronouns?

Asked 5 years ago

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Bozena I.A2Kwiziq community member

Je suis en classe / Je suis dans la classe

Je suis en classe - I'm in class

Je suis dans la classe - I'm in the classroom

... I actually don't see the difference between 'classe' in both sentences
in my understanding both sentences could mean I'm in class or I'm in the classroom

Asked 4 years ago

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Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How do you say the color "maroon" in French?

I have a student who wants to know how to say the color "maroon". The hex color code #800000 gives "Maroon" as the answer on the encycolorpedia.fr site, but that's the only place I see it listed. Most "first choices" on translators give "marron" as the translation -- but how do you tell the difference between marron/maroon and marron/brown? Some give bordeaux or grenat as options -- and those are "related" colors on the encycolorpedia.fr site as well. Thank you for your help with this vexing dilemma. I hope the next student chooses something "easy" like navy blue!! :)

Asked 5 years ago

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Ron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Rapidement vs vite So, rapidement and vite are synonymous; however when I typed in vite for Henri runs quickly, it was marked as incorrect. Because they are synonymous, I feel that «vite» should be included as a correct response as well as rapidement.

Asked 8 years ago

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D. B.B1Kwiziq community member

lent as adverbThis lesson says -ent adjectives become -emment adverbs. However a previous lesson said lent becomes lentement as adverb. Are both spelling forms accepted?

Asked 8 years ago

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nora f.B2Kwiziq community member

ça vs celui/celle-làIn this lesson why was ça preferred over celui-là? Thanks - Nora

Asked 8 years ago

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Lea L.B1Kwiziq community member

how can i learn that lunettes is plural? is there a singular word for lunettes?

Asked 10 years ago

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Antara G.Kwiziq community member

My Childhood Memories in French in 15 sentences using Passe Compose and L'imparfait.

Memories are so precious and pure. Childhood memories are special for everyone. I have a lot of fond memories from my childhood and I love looking back on the good times. Even though, having grown up as a child, I had a fairly uneventful life. My parents were never really home. So I could basically do whatever I wanted to. Someone came to prepare the food. I usually came back at 4:30 p.m. and had lunch afterwards. I loved watching cartoons so much that I would stay up late at night just to watch cartoons. I always tried to study hard for my parents. My mom came back on weekends and my dad came once a month. I vividly remember going to dinner with my parents every time my dad came home. It was a time of celebration for all of us when a family got together and we were just happy in our own bubble. I will always cherish my childhood memories, forever.

Asked 5 years ago

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