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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 9 years ago

M. K.C1KwizIQ community member

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

Asked 9 years ago

Ian L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How does one say "He has a bad knee" in French?ie, a chronically bad knee, as opposed to one that it is in pain right now?

Asked 8 years ago

Catherine B.B2KwizIQ community member

re: Do you have any change?Hi there, so if you wanted to ask the question above and you cannot say "Fais-tu avoir de la monnaie?", what do you say? Do you say "Tu as de la monnaie, n'est-ce pas? Thanks, Catherine

Asked 10 years ago

N. M.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Saying 1515in the spoken response saying "Cette réponse est évidente: c'est évidemment 1515" the speaker seems to say "mille cent cinq quinze". Is that correct or am I miss hearing it. If I'm not miss hearing it, why is it cent cinq and not cinq cent?

Asked 8 years ago

Rene S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Micro quiz - There doesn't seem to be a micro quiz in this lesson.

Asked 8 years ago

Ian T.A1KwizIQ community member

Je voudrais un tasse de café, mais je ne veux pas des sucre. Est-ce correct ?

Asked 7 years ago

Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

Nous sommes professeurs

In a very recent quiz, the possible people the above statement referred to were a) two males b) a male and female c) two females. I got it wrong as I did not click on option c). As Chris mentioned (below) if there is a trend to gender this noun, should "professeure/s" be used or mentioned as an alternative? ( It did appear in Google translate)

Asked 5 years ago

A. W.C1KwizIQ community member

se balader vs se promener

Asked 8 years ago

skylar m.C1KwizIQ community member

Hers or someone else's catIn the context of this statement one assumes Marie is caressing her own cat yet when put in the passive voice it could read as though the cat belongs to someone else...maybe not a great example

Asked 8 years ago

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