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steven l.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I would have a big house if I could afford it

"J'aurais une grande maison si j'en avais les moyens"

Why is the imparfait "avais" used here? "Could" is conditional, so why are we not using "pourrais" here?

Asked 7 years ago

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Ellen S.C1Kwiziq community member

How would you write "We used to go to the cafeteria"?That was the answer I chose and I am curious as to why it is wrong.

Asked 8 years ago

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darwenmint@gmail.com K.C1Kwiziq community member

The use of pour.The problem I have is with the question of how to translate "Gregory goes away for the holidays" and one of the answers is give as "Gregory part pour les vacances." In the notes the use of "pour" as I understand is used only with future durations of events, either stated, or even implied. The question though is a general statement of habit as I read it, so is "pour allowed in these cases?

Asked 8 years ago

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Leslie S.B2Kwiziq community member

I have just eaten my breakfast = I just ate my breakfast?

In terms of translating into French, it seems that the two phrases above are equivalent in meaning. All the examples use a construction in English that is correct but not necessarily how people would say it. It would be quite normal and grammatically correct to say the simpler phrase, "I just ate my breakfast." Would someone ever use the passe compose in the "venir de + infinitive", and if so, what does it mean in English? I expect that the venir in the pluperfect + infinitive would mean "I HAD just [done something]."

Asked 5 years ago

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Steven N.C1Kwiziq community member

with plurals, de becomes des.....Why isn't it "Nous ne faisons pas partie DES amis" as "ses amis" is plural? But then I guess that would apply to "de les amis", so what's going on here?

Asked 9 years ago

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Raymond O.C1Kwiziq community member

How long is the novel Les Misèrables and how long did it take to write the novel.

Asked 6 years ago

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John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Is the sentence “l’année où tu as vécu en France t’a beaucoup plu” correct. My question relates to the use of t’a before beaucoup, and in particular

Asked 7 years ago

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Just For Fun C.C1Kwiziq community member

Why not 'le jour de la Paques'?

I'm really confused. I was marked wrong on a test when I put 'le jour de la Paques' for 'Easter Day'. The correct answer is supposedly 'le jour de Paques'.

Which is it?

Asked 4 years ago

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Janet B.C1Kwiziq community member

des épinards

In the sentence "Tu veux des épinards", Why is it "des épinards"? I understand that des is used to mean some when things are countable. But I don't understand why spinach is considered to be countable,

Asked 6 years ago

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Tony H.B2Kwiziq community member

Hello, Thanks for the clarification Ron, but I am still a bit confused. In the lesson, it says that with vivre ot être we are to use dans or nothing. Does that mean we cannot use en with the verb être. I am confused because there is an example that says "Je suis en class." That example uses être, but also uses en.

Asked 8 years ago

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