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Johnny L.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

it doesn't work with other moments of the dayYou wrote "To emphasise that you're talking about "the evening before", you can also use the expression la veille au soir, but it doesn't work with other moments of the day (matin, après-midi)." Then how do I say the morning before?

Asked 9 years ago

helen w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I never want to go there againIs this correct: "Je ne veux plus jamais y aller"? Or is it: Je ne veux jamais y aller plus"

Asked 8 years ago

chris w.B1Kwiziq community member

C'est vrai ?: je n'a plus d'eau

Asked 9 years ago

Olena Z.B2Kwiziq community member

passe-temps/hobby/dadaIs there any difference in meanings?

Asked 7 years ago

Norman S.C1Kwiziq community member

Passé simpleWhy is there so much emphasis (typically 4 out of 10 questions) on this tense in the CI tests? I would have thought that, at this level, tests to improve the use of idiomatic/colloquial language would be more useful. Such knowledge is frequently tested in the weekend writing challenges which are not marked by the system.

Asked 8 years ago

French L.A1Kwiziq community member

Why does mienne have an article before it? Isn't mine a possessive pronoun?

Asked 6 years ago

Patricia L.C1Kwiziq community member

tes vs vosIn the lesson we saw, Montre-moi tes mains!. In the quiz I was asked to put Show me your hands and entered Montre-moi vos mains, which was marked wrong. I think with tes or vos would be correct depending on who you were talking to. Am I wrong?

Asked 5 years ago

C. J.A1Kwiziq community member

retrouver vs "se revoir"if retrouver can be used to mean "meet/see again", what's the difference between retrouver and "se revoir"?

Asked 7 years ago

Rafael S.A0Kwiziq community member

je m'appele rafael , je viens de Rio de Janeiro.

je m'appele rafael , je viens de Rio de Janeiro.

Asked 9 years ago

Janet M.B1Kwiziq community member

Il ne couche pas avant minuit

In English, "he doesn't go to bed before midnight" means pretty much the same thing as "he doesn't ever go to bed before midnight." I mean, I chose the correct answer but this kind of thing drives me crazy. Instead of being about what it says in French, it's about what's in the quiz maker's head as they translate it to English. The literal translation is "he doesn't go to bed before midnight" but if they want to contrast that with "he doesn't ever," then the intended meaning seems to be more like "he isn't going to bed before midnight." Actually, I'm trying to guess what the quiz maker thinks the difference in meaning is between those two English sentences and I give up.

Asked 2 years ago

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