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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 5 years ago

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lisa d.A1Kwiziq community member

il y a

Asked 7 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

can you omit 'pour' ?

Just to be clear, in expressions like : 'Je vais au cinéma pour voir un film' ... presumably this implies that it is wrong to just say 'Je vais au cinéma voir un film'

Asked 7 years ago

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Mintoo R.C1Kwiziq community member

Malgré le fait que + Le Subjonctif and En dépit de + infinitive = despite/in spite of + [doing something] Not Available

Asked 7 years ago

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Paul W.A1Kwiziq community member

Use of etrePlease will someone enlighten as to when, where or how the verb 'etre' is used in the following sentences: C'est du sel de Guérande ? -Non, ce n'est pas du sel de Guérande.

Asked 8 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Telling the time in FrenchBonjour! If you use the 12 hour clock, instead of 24 hour, to say the time in French, do you always use "demie" for half past the hour, even if the time is after mid-day? For example, in the weekend writing challenge: Level A2: "This weekend, I became an aunty!", I got this line wrong: (below, is copied from the writing challenge page:) You wrote: vers dix heures trente du soir. Correct answers: vers vingt-deux heures trente. or vers dix heures et demie (du soir). I understood from kwiziq lessons, that if the time was after mid-day, then you wrote trente instead of demie, and if you used the 12 hour clock, you needed to state if the time was morning or evening (which I did). Please clarify? Cheryl

Asked 8 years ago

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Richard R.C1Kwiziq community member

what is the rule for placing a negative before arrivions in avant que nous n'arrivions

Asked 8 years ago

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Jo-Anne Y.A1Kwiziq community member

Je viens de Winnipeg, en Manitoba, au Canada.

Asked 9 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mal vs mauvais with copular verb être

Bonjour.

re. mal vs mauvais/mauvaise: Is the adverb "mal" used as an adjective with the copular verb être, to say "bad"?

For example, to say "good", do we only use the adjective of "good" with être (a copular verb): "Pierre est bon. C'est un bon homme." But, when saying "bad" instead of "good" with être, do we use "mal" (adverb) instead of mauvais to say "He is bad", but use "mauvais" when a noun is present? : "Il est mal. C'est un mauvais homme."

I find this topic confusing.

Cheryl

Asked 7 years ago

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yellamaraju s.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ai-je assez d'argent ? Not why?Inverted form of question. Is it for the purpose of pronunciation?

Asked 8 years ago

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