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Jayne M.C1Kwiziq community member

I just dont get the difference between de...à ..and.de..du...they e both used in between dates?

Asked 8 years ago

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N. M.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous nous habillionsNous nous habillions à 6 heures et demie. We dressed up at half past 6. In English "dressing up" is closer to se costumer or se deguiser, I think. S'habiller is closer to "dressing"

Asked 7 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

If you swim regularly but not with a club would you use faire or jouer?I find it difficult to understand how, without context, you decide whether to use faire de or jouer à + sport?

Asked 8 years ago

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Ajit K.B1Kwiziq community member

Will "Il est dix à sept heures du matin' a valid translation for " It is ten to seven A.M."?

Asked 8 years ago

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stephen w.C1Kwiziq community member

"I do not have any money money left"Is the same as"I do not have any more money" so why put both these answers to the same question, because they are both right in English.

Asked 8 years ago

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Phyllis C.A2Kwiziq community member

Is there a way to slow the speaker down? This is my most challenging aspect of learning French...understanding what is being said.

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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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Any difference between 'quelque' and 'un peu de' when both mean 'a bit of'? Are they interchangeable?

Il a quelque difficulté à se concentrer pour faire ses devoirs

Il a un peu de difficulté à se concentrer pour faire ses devoirs

Asked 6 years ago

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William S.C1Kwiziq community member

Translating " J'ai l'habitude de me coucher tard"I think in English present tense that "I usually got to bed late" works best with above

Asked 8 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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