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Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So, "J'habitais dans le Minnesota." and "Je viens du Minnesota." ?

Asked 8 years ago

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

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you give a reminder/link re: lui vs. elle?I had the question Translate "She misses Jacques". I chose "Jacques elle manque" (wrong) instead of "Jacques lui manque". The lesson states "...or to use pronouns (i.e. I, you, he, we, they... miss), you will use me/te/lui/nous/vous/leur before manquer.". Would it be possible to add a link to the relevant lesson about pronouns at the bottom of the lesson? It would be helpful to reference this, to understand which pronoun to use in this instance. Thanks.

Asked 8 years ago

Max L.A0Kwiziq community member

Sorry again. :) Regarding the example, "Vous faites tous vos devoirs?", instead of "Are you all doing your homework?", I'd have thought the translation would be "Are you doing all your homework?". Could it not be? Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

M a.B1Kwiziq community member

CP VS le subjonctif? Hey! I was wondering if one could sometimes replace the conditionnel passé with the subjonctif, and vice versa. This because the CP also technically deals with "judged" (you should have done x" situations?

Asked 7 years ago

Nan M.B2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour à tous! Why is it "Vous êtes DES parents"?

Asked 8 years ago

Hope A.A0Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Portland, Oregon Etas Unis, mais j'habite a Florence, Oregon pur vingt cinq ans.

Asked 9 years ago

Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Why capitalise "South" in South of France ?

I think this could be a regional difference in English, but unless 'South of France' is a specific region, it does not need a capital S in English either (at least not in Australian English). It is unnecessarily misleading as it is currently written, as the French does not capitalise the S either.

Asked 4 years ago

Brian B.C1Kwiziq community member

Pendant que instead of tandis que

I feel like pendant que could be used here instead of tandis que, since we’re talking about a temporal situation. Why is pendant que not given as a possible translation ?

Also, what is the KwizIQ team’s commitment to responding to questions on the weekend workouts? They haven’t seemed very responsive lately.

Asked 5 years ago

richa j.C1Kwiziq community member

placement of adjective long

Elle a un visage long et sérieux.

Why is long following the noun in this sentence?

As per BANGS rule, the adjective "long" usually precedes the noun. I came across this sentence in a book Entre Jeune, used for teaching french to 9th standard in schools in India.

Asked 5 years ago

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