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eric d.C1Kwiziq community member

Pas de Quoi ?

The sentence I am trying to make sense of is: "Pas de quoi rigoler a priori mais tonton.......". My understanding is: "Nothing to laugh at in the last statement but uncle....". Am I correct and is the "Pas de Quoi" part really just a shortening of: Il y a pas de quoi?

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

Asked 8 years ago

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Stephanie S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

why j'y crois?

In "Personne ne croit en toi comme j'y crois", why "y" if y is standing for "en toi?" I thought y was for prepositional phrases beginning with à

Asked 5 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq community member

Is je m'assieds the same as je m'assois?

Asked 7 years ago

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Jason K.C1Kwiziq community member

comment dit on I'm going to do something in one hourC'est un de l'autre options dans le quiz, which begs the question of how it is expressed.

Asked 9 years ago

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Carol L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Profiter vs prendre plaisir de

Several times you have used "profiter de" to mean to enjoy. The dictionary I looked at defined profiter a to mean "to be of benefit to" and profiter de as "to take advantage of." Neither of these seems (to me. at least) to imply to enjoy or to take pleasure from. Why do you choose to use it rather than something like prendre plaisir de or some other more enjoyable-sounding term? ( Sorry, but the computer doesn't seem to respond to the holding down of letters for which an accent or other diacritical mark is needed, so my questions are grammatically incorrect......)

Asked 6 years ago

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