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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

How does one know whether to use par or avec in translating with?

Asked 6 years ago

Krissa O.C1Kwiziq community member

direct object pronouns

hi can you please help me with this example

J'ai encore des cadeaux à acheter - Marie les a déjà tous achetés.

Why is this not Marie en a déjà......

I thought that if it is a partitive then you use en.

thank you for your help

Cordialement

Krissa

Asked 7 years ago

Ian L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Imperfect vs. conditional

"le propriétaire m'a dit que vous étiez mon fournisseur d'électricité".

Can you explain the use of the imperfect tense in this context?

I chose "vous seriez"rather than 'vous étiez". I interpreted "were" as conditional (ie, as "you would be") rather than literally "you were". I thought that Bruno was not already a client of the electricity provider. Is this acceptable?

Asked 5 years ago

D. K.A2Kwiziq community member

J'aime bien ta voiture, elle est mieux que la mienne.Why mieux and not meilleure? Une bonne voiture, une voiture meilleure que la mienne?

Asked 8 years ago

amanda h.A0Kwiziq community member

someone help im stuckhow do you take the big test again

Asked 8 years ago

Merve G.A1Kwiziq community member

Why do we use un tres joli manteau but not un manteau tres joli? Merci!

Asked 9 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Can you say À l'autre côté de instead of en face de?

Asked 7 years ago

William S.C1Kwiziq community member

Need clarification between "sur" and "dans"In Larousse "Je suis sur l'avion" is acceptable.

Asked 8 years ago

Vanessa P.B2Kwiziq community member

Hi. I am confused about some of the sentences in this lessonSome sentences seem very similar to "will have" (futur antérrior) and I can't tell the difference. For example: Apparemment, ils seraient partis ce matin. Apparently, they would have left this morning. Selon Tom, elles seraient rentrées chez elles vers 3 heures. According to Tom, they would have come home around 3. Why would you not say"According to Tom, they will have come home around 3" or "Apparently they will have left this morning"?

Asked 8 years ago

Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

j'ai dû, je dois

Bonjour les gars et les experts

Au sujet de la frase, 'j'ai dû le lire trop vite!'

Serait-ce possible de dire aussi 'je dois l'avoir lu trop vite!'?

Asked 5 years ago

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