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Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Hopping between l'imparfait and passé composéFrom writing challenge b2 week 62, this extract describes events in the past: La "navette" qui DEVAIT nous amener à l'hôtel ÉTAIT en fait un vieux bus de campagne cabossé dans lequel on A PU apprécier toutes les aspérités de la route." Why doesn't it stick to l'imparfait for all 3 verbs?

Asked 9 years ago

Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Simon m'attend à la gare." can mean expects me at the station?I thought that only with the reflexive s'attendre à, would it be translated as expect. Is that an incorrect understanding on my part?

Asked 9 years ago

Matt R.B1KwizIQ community member

mangions and voyageons ... helpwhy does one use -ions and the other -eons, they're both -ger verbs.

Asked 9 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I need clarification on this:

" You won't use this in Indirect Speech where whether = if. " Doesn't it always? I need a lot more examples.

Asked 8 years ago

Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why do we use partitive articles for 'faire' but definite articles for 'jouer à'?

Il fait du tennis (fait + de le)

Il joue au tennis (joue à + le)

I thought whether we use partitve articles should depends on the thing we modify instead of the verb

Asked 7 years ago

stephen t.A2KwizIQ community member

Sarah et toi etes amis ,vous etes amis .Is it not better to use vous for both sentances?

Asked 7 years ago

Rike A.C1KwizIQ community member

Difference between 'tout en + gérondif' and 'en + gérondif'

If tout en + gérondif is used when two actions are being done at the same time why is the translation of "She's revising while having her breakfast" Elle révise en prenant son petit-déjeuner instead of Elle révise tout en prenant son petit-déjeuner?

Asked 5 years ago

Rhea S.B2KwizIQ community member

Rencontrer as to meet

Salut!

Why do we not use rencontrer in the second sentence instead of se rejoindre? In what context do we use rencontrer?

Asked 4 years ago

Sheetal S.A1KwizIQ community member

Negation in french

I have read earlier that while doing negation in avoir we should change the articles into de for example.. J'ai un Stylo

Je n'ai pas de Stylo. Then how to follow this rule while using verbs

Asked 7 years ago

Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

How to specify what something is made from/ofAs I understand it, a wooden plank is "une planche DE bois" because it is made entierly from wood, while a tomato soup is "une soupe À LA tomate" because it has other ingredients as well. But in the most recent writing challenge we had "et comme plat principal, j’aimerais la salade DE chèvre chaud". Surely, a salad has several ingredients, so why is it not ".. salade AU chèvre chaud" ?

Asked 9 years ago

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