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Merle D.B2KwizIQ community member

If 'lui' means him or her why does 'vous lui dites' mean 'you tell him...' And not 'you tell her...'

Asked 9 years ago

Lewis S.C1KwizIQ community member

Present continuous actionBonjour, team. "Anne est en train d'aller à Paris." In addition to, "Anne is going to Paris", would a more precise translation be, "Anne is on her way to Paris"? Would the second translation be correct?

Asked 8 years ago

Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Aucune ne versus aucune d'ellesIn the question 1.Alors, est-ce qu'elles viennent? - Non. ___ est intéressée. (So, are they coming? - No. None of them is interested.) why is aucune d'elles n' incorrect?

Asked 10 years ago

Stanley R.A2KwizIQ community member

j'habite a philadelphia

Asked 10 years ago

Susan R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is it as correct to say, Ce stylo est le mien, as,

Ce stylo est à moi?

Asked 9 years ago

Jose R.C1KwizIQ community member

On peut dire aussi "Je puis", je crois. Mais c'est pas accepté dans les quiz. Pourquoi?

Asked 8 years ago

B. J.C1KwizIQ community member

Incorrect examplesWould be helpful to not include the incorrect forms in the examples in the lower part of the page: "C'est qui que tu as rencontré?" Otherwise, feels like it's reinforcing incorrect options.

Asked 9 years ago

Terri R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"It is not necessary that"

(I'm afraid I can't remember the French question, but this was how I read it in English.)Why is this in the subjunctive? It seems to me to be a fact that the obligation is not needed. Thanks for the explanation.

Asked 7 years ago

Sheila R.B2KwizIQ community member

I don't believe you can say in English 'I ate already' ?

Asked 9 years ago

Amanda J.A2KwizIQ community member

I took a quiz that asked this question:

Les garçons ? Oui, elle les a ________ . The boys? Yes, she punished them.HINT: punir = to punish

I understand the lesson, the verb punir is to be conjugated to agree in number and gender with the direct object it's replacing. But the passe composé conjugation for punir is "puni," according to your conjugation page. (ex: je "puni" tu "puni" .... nous "puni" ... ils "puni.") So how is the correct answer "punis" ?

Asked 6 years ago

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