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Andy N.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Le chat, auquel tu as fait peur, s'est caché sous le lit.I notice in the above examples, that the sentence talking about a cat is only translated using auquel. Is 'à qui' not applicable here? Is a cat not treated as a living thing in this instance? Thanks for your help!

Asked 9 years ago

Gabhan B.C1KwizIQ community member

avoir + montéThe lesson says that "J'ai monté mon cheval" means "I mounted my horse" and that avoir + monté means "to mount something". In the test it asks what the meaning is of "'Lucas a monté la nouvelle armoire de sa soeur.'' I selected "Lucas got on his sister's new wardrobe" as one of the possible meanings (to me, "got on" means generally the same thing as "mounted", though "getting on" a wardrobe seems like an odd thing to say). Anyway, that answer was marked as incorrect. I don't understand why. Could you help?

Asked 9 years ago

D. T.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

So Kwiziq says you can use aimer to "love" a thing?

So Kwiziq says you can use aimer to "love" a thing e.g. J'aime le sucre? That's not how I learned how to use aimer.

Aimer means TO LOVE a person or other animate object. And aimer bien means to like same.

How can j'aime le sucre mean I LOVE sugar? Kwiziq seems to have a different opinion about how to use AIMER.

And WORKREFERENCE.COM agrees with what I am saying.

Kwiziq needs to fix this, or explain why WordReference.com is wrong.

Asked 7 years ago

diana b.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Can you say either le plus fort or le plus fortement. Both can be adverbs I think

Asked 8 years ago

Paul S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

une boîte aux lettres / une boîte à lettres

une boîte aux lettres / une boîte à lettres -> Letter box, Postbox.

It may be worth addding this to the notes as an exception to these rules. I believe it is used in singular and in the plural ?

Asked 8 years ago

Hilary C.C1KwizIQ community member

Nous ne mangeons pas de lapereau- why not lapereaux?

Asked 10 years ago

Steve L.C1KwizIQ community member

Correct tense for "were welcomed" "The students were welcomed by the headteacher this morning." Why is this translated by the passé composé rather than the imperfect tense?

Asked 8 years ago

Lorie R.C1KwizIQ community member

I had written "n'est-ce pas?" instead of "c'est ca?" Is "n'est-ce pas?" not an acceptable substitute here?

Asked 5 years ago

William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Tout le monde pronunciation

Bonjour, To my beginner's ear, it sounds like in some of the answers the French speaker pronounces each word (tout le monde) distinctly and others the "le" gets glossed over. Am I just not hearing correctly or is there a preference?

Merci!

Asked 6 years ago

Anish K.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why is it nous not notre, and Vous not vorte?

Asked 9 years ago

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