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Jenk O.B2Kwiziq community member

exercice ou exercise ?

In the phrase "mais j'ai trouvé très utile d'y ajouter les exercises Hanon que tu m'avais recommandés"
shoudn't it be "exercices" instead of "exercises"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Charles v.A1Kwiziq community member

Two questions about Tu and VousIf there's a case that my teacher (or teacher's assistent) is somewhere near my age or we have known each other for a while (usually educators want to be as quick as possible to befriend students during class, so that would be approximately two weeks), should I address them in Tu or Vous? Another case is that what if I've chatted with a person whom I've just met for an hour and after a while I text that person in Tu, would I sound repelling? Merci beaucoup in advance!

Asked 9 years ago

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Chris M.C1Kwiziq community member

Que faisiez-vous, avant que je n’arrive?This is from a Le Petit Nicholas story. Is the second phrase identical to "avant que je ne sois arrivé?" The meaning is clearly "before I arrived". Thanks!

Asked 8 years ago

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lucieeee z.A1Kwiziq community member

In negative sentences we only use de?I mean, if I want to express I don't have any pommes, is it "Je n'ai pas de pommes",or "des pommes"? That is to say, when there is a negative sentence, the only partitive article I need to use is de, is that right?

Asked 9 years ago

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ly fen c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

haïr changes completely in conjugationI think, the verb "haïr" changes completely in present conjugation, it should be remembered by heart, right? is it the 2è groupe in ir?

Asked 9 years ago

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Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

What is the meaning of "Nous sommes avant vous dans la queue."?time: avant (before) space devant (in front of) So given the use definitions in the lesson, I am unclear the reason that «avant» is used relative to queue. To me queue is an indication of space as opposed to time. Please explain.

Asked 8 years ago

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A. S.A2Kwiziq community member

Salut, je choisi " croient " et la réponse a été marqué comme pas vrai Pourquoi

Asked 9 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Choosing a tenseI am wondering about the once upon a time a king lived in a castle. Can this be more than one tense. If it is a story concerning a king who lived in the castle, then it is imperfect. What if it is about kings in general once upon a time a king lived in a castle, now he lives in a council house. Does the tense still have to be imperfect, or could it be that that situation is completely changed and it could be past historic. A bit confused.

Asked 9 years ago

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Ron T.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Celui or le mienJ'aime ton chien mais je préfère ________ que j'ai adopté. I love your dog but I prefer the one I adopted. celui (program correct response) le mien (my response) So given this question, I chose «le mien» since the questioned required a typed in response but the correct answer according to the program is «celui»; however, to me «le mien» is also a correct response. Can you please explain the reason it would not be correct? Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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Stephen L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can you please spell out the difference between using que/qui and ce qui/ce que

Asked 8 years ago

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