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Kevin C.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Laura, is there a quiz for this?

Asked 9 years ago

Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je m’en veux mais il n’y a rien que je puisse faire pour y échapper.Hello. In your Week 35 B2 writing test, the above phrase triggers the subjunctive. It translates as: "I feel bad about it, but there's nothing that I can do to get out of it!" I suspect that it may be the emotion "I feel bad ... that" that triggers the subjunctive, because no desire or need is shown. However I'd be very grateful for any further help with this (extremely idiomatic) phrase! Thank-you

Asked 9 years ago

Brandon C.A0Kwiziq community member

"Vous etes qui" means "who are you". "Vous etes Mme Lupin" means "You are Mrs Lupin". How is that, I'm confused? I've only been studying two weeks!

Just not sure how this switches/changes from a question to a statement.

Asked 7 years ago

Andrew S.A1Kwiziq community member

Can someone kindly translate this for me 'Je n'en crois pas mes yeux.'

Asked 8 years ago

David C.B2Kwiziq community member

Error in question? J'aime tes chaussures mais je préfère ________ qu'elle a achetées. I love your shoes but I prefer the ones she bought. Achetées?

Asked 8 years ago

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

Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What drives this sentence to be in the subjunctive tense?

Asked 8 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

David asked: "Why does "au cas où" take the conditional rather than the subjunctive?"

Asked 9 years ago

Mathieu L.B1Kwiziq community member

Fils vs garçon

Is fils strictly to be used only in context of describing family and relatives?

Asked 5 years ago

Heyes S.C1Kwiziq community member

How does se passer differ from passer with être?

Asked 8 years ago

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