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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

un and autre agree in gender (un/une/autre)

1) It seems 'autre' only agrees in number, as seen in the examples. If there is a situation where there's agreement in gender could you please provide an example?

2) In the example of Maxime being hyperactive, should it be: Elle est hyperactive (F)?

Asked 4 years ago

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Gail G.C1Kwiziq community member

Bien à vous

Un ami m'a écrit que quand on utilise l'expression "bien à vous" à la fin d'un email ça n'est pas écrit par une femme à un homme. On dit "Une femme n'écrit pas "'bien à vous" a un homme, une femme n'envoie pas ses "sentiments" à un homme." Qu'en pensez-vous ? Quelle est la règle grammaticale appropriée ?

Asked 5 years ago

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Alison R.A1Kwiziq community member

"long/longue" coming before nouns -- This is tough to remember as an English speaker, since I am so familiar with a "chaise longue" -- is this the major exception to the rule that "long" generally comes before a noun? I see Aurelie's distinction that adjectives before nouns can be figurative and those after descriptive... but calling a chair "long" doesn't seem any more descriptive than calling a path "long," and yet from the lesson the long path is "le long chemin."

Asked 7 years ago

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Abraham O.A0Kwiziq community member

J'ai faim

This one was confusing because in the placement quiz they ask you to translate "I am hungry", but then mark it wrong when you select "Je suis...". Then they say the correct translation is "J'ai faim". This is problematic because "J'ai faim" literally means "I have hunger". They need to be accurate with the literal translations in these cases because that's what clues you in to how you should word the phrase.

Asked 3 years ago

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nim t.A1Kwiziq community member

j'aime ça vs je l'aimea quick question... what's the difference between j'aime ça and je l'aime

Asked 8 years ago

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Richard M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Does ‘Vas-y’ mean ‘Let’s go’ or ‘Go there’ or either, depending on context?

I’ve seen both answers given in the space of half a hour. Does it depend on context or is this a mistake? Or am I mistaken? Merci.

Asked 2 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aller vs partir

In 1969, we went to conquer the moon. I wrote on est allés but was marked wrong for not using parti when another lesson used on est allés for “we went” so I’m confused and the lesson is about agreement with on. Doesn’t explain why parti is right and allés is wrong. Also, I don’t get email notifications so don’t see any answers to questions unless I happen to run across it elsewhere. Help! Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Richard R.C1Kwiziq community member

when and how do you use: depuis quand ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

savoir la réponse ou connaître la réponseIn an earlier quiz the correct answer was Je sais la réponse, but in this multiple choice question they use connaître for all choices. Are both correct?

Asked 7 years ago

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Raghad B.A2Kwiziq community member

what is the difference between using votre and ton. For example why in " Les filles aiment ________ yeux." I should use tes why cant I use vos