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phillida c.A2KwizIQ community member
donc or alore

can you use Donc, instead of Alors for 'so"?


Asked 6 years ago
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Liz H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
When to use soi vs soi-même

Il faut toujours essayer ... avant de juger. I used soi since I read this to be a universal self where soi is used. Why is it soi-même? What’s the rule to differentiate when using On to mean universal, we the people, etc? I used soi in a previous question using On and it was correct. Thanks. 

Asked 6 years ago
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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor
Moi Aussi !

I agree with Carl. This was a challenging exercise. (I find the written exercises more difficult then the Dictees in general.)

My question: Why "Mes essuie-glaces arriere" and not "arrieres" ? Shouldn't arriere be plural?

Also: I wrote: "la pile de mon portable etait aussi vide", which I believe is an acceptable alternate translation. I am familiar with the use of "pile" for flashlight batteries or electric appliances, and the use of "etre vide" for a battery being dead.

I have never heard the expression, "le bas-cote". I wrote, "la cote de la route".

Thoughts anyone?

P.S. According to my husband, (who is a car buff) "a beater" is very common expression here in the U.S. As in, "my car is a real beater", ie. "my car is really beat up".

Asked 4 years ago
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Johnny L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
What's about the things we like in the past?What if the thing we like or dislike happens in the past? For example, I hate that you gave her the money or I like that you helped that old lady.
Asked 10 years ago
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Raymond O.C1KwizIQ community member
How long is the novel Les Misèrables and how long did it take to write the novel.
Asked 7 years ago
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Kari F.B2KwizIQ community member
Why is this correct and the other not?Why is je mets mes chaussures où d'habitude? correct but when you invert the verb and keep the rest the same it is incorrect? Per the quiz "mets-je mes chaussures où d'habitude? is incorrect. I didn't choose either of them as it seemed strange to have the où in the middle like that but was surprised to see one of them was in fact correct. Please explain. Thanks.
Asked 9 years ago
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Andrew L.C1KwizIQ community member
translation

The translation given for "Ta voiture est petite. - Oui, mais c'est petit dans mon garage.""Your car is small. - Yes, but my garage is small."

The second sentence seems like it should be the car that is small in the garage. Is the translation correct?

Asked 7 years ago
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D. G.C1KwizIQ community member
Spaced repetitionIs there going to be a spaced repetition feature included on this website? I find that is very useful with e.g. flash cards and duolingo to help solidify concepts in your repertoire.
Asked 9 years ago
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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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Jim D.C1KwizIQ community member
surely fatiqué is conjugated with avoir and not être. Yet the answer to the question I have posted below uses soyez and not avoir2Je vais vous ramener chez vous avant select ...que vous n'êtesque vous ne soyezvous êtesvous soyezselect ... trop fatigués. (I'm going to bring you home before you're too tired.)
Asked 8 years ago
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