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Jude M.C1KwizIQ community member

jouer de + instrument and negation

Why do you say je ne joue pas du piano instead of je ne joue pas de piano? Is this correct and if so why, please?

Asked 2 years ago

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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

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Rene S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

ce sont

Hello, I m trying to understand this sentence:

J'utilise ces tomates. Ce sont les dernières.

Are we using ce sont here before the article les? My first reaction was to say elles sont...
thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Catherine B.B2KwizIQ community member

alphabetDo you have a lesson that goes over how to pronounce the letters of the alphabet? Many thanks Catherine

Asked 9 years ago

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Linda B.C1KwizIQ community member

I am curious about the predicate nominative. Translating "He was devastated". I said Il dévastait, but my friend said Il était dévasté, which one?

Asked 7 years ago

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conrad p.A1KwizIQ community member

Qui vs Que

Could someone tell me please why/when to use que rather than qui (and vice versa)

Thanks in advance

Asked 6 years ago

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John C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Question from the Writing Challenge that references "en"This lesson is referenced in the Week 1, B1 writing challenge but it does not contain information on the use of "en" in the part where the speaker says he will see places in Paris "that I've only seen in photos." The answer uses "que je n'ai vues qu'en photos." Why is en needed there? Thanks.

Asked 10 years ago

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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

If I want to say 'she is a teacher', it should be 'c'est une/un professeur'?

Asked 7 years ago

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Michael D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Shouldn't "J'ai vu des endroits magnifiques" translate as "I've seen some magnificient places?"Here "des" precedes the noun, not an adjective, and therefore it does not become "de" or "d'" but it is still the partitive indefinite article "some."

Asked 9 years ago

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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

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