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Paula B.C1Kwiziq community member

How do you say 'she had just left' - 'elle venait de partir'or 'elle était venue de partir''She had left' suggests the pluperfect, but it's hard to apply the construction for ’just left'

Asked 9 years ago

sameer s.A0Kwiziq community member

do you refer to animals as who or what? In English we refer to animals as it how do you do it in french

Asked 7 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

de or à between verbs, please?Below are examples of French sentences from a kwizik quiz: In the first sentence, is there a rule to follow please, so I know to put de & not à between the conjugated verb refuser & verb lever? Speaking English, you would not say "refuse OF to lift", so I'd want to put an à, (if anything). No. 1: Les voleurs refusent de lever les mains. (The thieves refuse to raise their hands.) The 2nd sentence below, why put anything between matinée & écrire please? Doesn't écrire mean writing as well as 'to write'? The "à" already has a presence..!? The same point for sentence No. 3 below. The à is already contained within the infinitve form of the verb "espionner": TO spy. No. 2: J'ai passé la matinée à écrire. (I spent the morning writing.) No. 3: Elle s'amuse à espionner sa soeur. (She has fun spying on her sister.) Hoping someone will please shed some light..or rule.. about how to know which word to use: de or à, & why we need to put anything here at all ? Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

Advika K.A1Kwiziq community member

So , Je voudrais des fleurs means I would like some flowers ?

Asked 9 years ago

Charles H.C1Kwiziq community member

Why feu d’artifice? I see feux d’artifice used in multiple examples.

Asked 5 years ago

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How does one know whether to use par or avec in translating with?

Asked 7 years ago

emre can c.A2Kwiziq community member

Place of "magnifique"

Why does the place of "magnifique" varies in the sentences below though it's neither an adjective that qualifies a proper noun nor a numerical adjective?

J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques.

Il a mangé de magnifiques gâteaux.

Asked 5 years ago

John S.A2Kwiziq community member

C'est un bel animal parmi de beaux animaux.

In the example,

C'est un bel animal parmi de beaux animaux.

why is the 'de' not plural for 'des', as we are talking about 'some beautiful animals'?

Asked 7 years ago

Ajit K.B1Kwiziq community member

It is bit confusing." Qui est cet homme? Does that not refer to a specific person? The why not "ill est? "

Asked 8 years ago

Maryia B.A2Kwiziq community member

Hi, do you use « tant pis » as « never mind »? I’m asking, because it changes the sense of the phrase

Asked 4 years ago

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