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Johannes S.C1KwizIQ community member

PronunciationI am unsire about the pronunciation of several forms of "avoir". Sometimes [a] dominates and sometimes [e], for example "que j'aie" is [kəʒe] but "avoir" is [avwaʁ]. How is "que nous ayons" pronounced?

Asked 9 years ago

D. A.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Je n'y vais pas, et toi? -Non, je n'y vais pas non plus. I'm not going, you? -No, I'm not going either.wanted to know the usage of y here please

Asked 7 years ago

Susan R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is, "d'ici là" idiomatic for, by then?

Asked 9 years ago

William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Understanding ne .... point (negation)

In French films, I have often seen "Je vais pas" used instead "je ne vais pas". So presumably "Je vais point" is also used colloquially.

Asked 6 years ago

J. B.C1KwizIQ community member

Three ways of asking the same question?

Hi

There are three phrases which the lesson translates into the same expression “What is a pen?”

Qu’est-ce que / Qu’est-ce qu’un stylo ?

Qu’est-ce que c’est / Qu’est-ce que c’est un stylo ?

Qu’est-ce que c’est que / Qu’est-ce que c’est qu’un stylo ?

What is the difference between the 3 questions? When should each one be used?

Thanks

Asked 5 years ago

Vicky N.C1KwizIQ community member

Il fait bon aujourd'hui

How is Il fait bon aujourd'hui "It is warm" as your test implies? Should it not be "Il fait chaud"? I would think the translation should have been correct as "It is nice" today for Il fait bon aujourd'hui.

Asked 6 years ago

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

Scott N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

CinquièmeI think it would be useful to note in the lesson another small exception to the rule on forming the ordinal numbers. Namely, 'cinq' becomes 'cinquième' rather than 'cinqième'. No big deal, but I just wanted to mention it.

Asked 8 years ago

Laura C.A1KwizIQ community member

In the sentences above "Il y a des chiens", why Il ya and not ce sont since "des chiens" is plural?

Asked 9 years ago

Ron T.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Celui or le mienJ'aime ton chien mais je préfère ________ que j'ai adopté. I love your dog but I prefer the one I adopted. celui (program correct response) le mien (my response) So given this question, I chose «le mien» since the questioned required a typed in response but the correct answer according to the program is «celui»; however, to me «le mien» is also a correct response. Can you please explain the reason it would not be correct? Merci en avance.

Asked 9 years ago

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