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Surendra B.A1Kwiziq community member

tiers or tierce?It was not mentioned in the lesson, when to use 'tiers' and when to use 'tierce'. Which one to use when?

Asked 9 years ago

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richa j.C1Kwiziq community member

Usage of dernière (please excuse position of accent)In the recent A2 writing challenge - A lousy date, second sentence is "Take my last adventure". Last here means previous. so as per rule it should come after the noun, "Prenez mon aventure dernière". But the correct answer given in the WC is "Correct answer: Prenez ma dernière aventure : ". Why is derniere used before the noun?

Asked 8 years ago

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Brian B.C1Kwiziq community member

Pendant que instead of tandis que

I feel like pendant que could be used here instead of tandis que, since we’re talking about a temporal situation. Why is pendant que not given as a possible translation ?

Also, what is the KwizIQ team’s commitment to responding to questions on the weekend workouts? They haven’t seemed very responsive lately.

Asked 6 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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J. L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

EN famille vs AVEC famille vs AVEC VOTRE famille.

Did some reading and it seems that if you are talking about 'YOUR own family' you use EN FAMILLE.. if the activity excluded anyone BUT family. If you are talking about someone else's family or using a possessive pronoun (he ate with HIS family=AVEC sa famille/he ate with the Jones family = avec la famille Jones/I ate with (my) family= j'ai mange en famille. If this is correct why then did Monsieur Dulac not say "Alors, je vous souhaite un bon weekend avec ta famille". Is it because this interpretation is "a good family weekend"; a compound noun with EN; rather than "a good weekend with family". Or is my reading /premise wrong?

Asked 3 years ago

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Antoinette D.B2Kwiziq community member

Where is an adverb put with these expressions?Example, greatly or often?

Asked 9 years ago

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Ron T.C1Kwiziq 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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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Paulette n'aime que lui! (Paulette loves only him!). Is it necessary to use negative 'ne' Disjunctive/stress pronouns Lesson

Asked 10 years ago

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Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Surname - nom or nom de famille should both be accepted

Official French documents I have had to complete - eg long stay visa applications etc use < nom > for surname; it should be accepted on its own, not just as < nom de famille >. Knowing that when asked for < votre nom > in France, the correct response is your surname rather than first name, is one of the little differences encountered quite regularly. Although official documents do use < état civil >, both < situation familiale > and < situation de famille > are also used in general conversations and enquiries of marriage/domestic arrangements.

Asked 5 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

En dépit d'elle Katia commença à espérerWhy is this incorrect?

Asked 9 years ago

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