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Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Futur antérieurOut of interest is pour still correct usage with the futur antérieur, or may only pendant be used? D’ici là j’aurai parlé pour 45 minutes. (???) By then I will have spoken for 45 minutes. D’ici là j’aurai parlé pendant 45 minutes. By then I will have spoken for 45 minutes.

Asked 8 years ago

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John M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is "J'ai manqué vous"=I missed you correct in the sense that there was a scheduled event of meeting a person at time X but I (je) missed the meeting?

Asked 6 years ago

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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of EN and not DANS in the 'Transport' section above.

In he lessson: 'Monter can be used with avoir or être in Le Passé Composé... and changes meaning', the following example is given that uses EN not DANS.

Nous sommes tous montés EN voiture.

Could you please explain why DANS is not used as the 'Transport' section above states that DANS should be used.

Thank you.

Asked 7 years ago

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Paul F.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Sans rien

Sans rien - “without nothing“. In English this would be a double negative and would therefore theoretically mean “with something”. But in French would we always say “sans rien” or could we also say “avec rien”?

Asked 5 years ago

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Ron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

C'est qui que?So I was just listening to Monsieur Grognon in the listening exercise and then I read the transcript. In the second paragraphe there is this phrase: «D’ailleurs, il n’a pas eu de conversation avec qui que ce soit depuis des années. . . .» I recalled from the lesson above that the «c'est qui que» is grammatically incorrect. So, exactly how frequent is this phrase used in everyday French? Merci en avance.

Asked 8 years ago

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Irene B.B2Kwiziq community member

what is the difference between the imperfect tense and the passé compose

Asked 8 years ago

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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 6 years ago

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David L.B2Kwiziq community member

Does anyone use the passé simple?

I love knowing and being able to use the more arcane aspects of grammar. I wonder, is it of any use learning this tense for dialogue, or is it solely literary in its applications?

Asked 9 years ago

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Anna J.C1Kwiziq community member

"marcher" vs. "aller a pied"

In the question presented, it said she had missed her bus and therefore had to ____________. I put "aller a pied" and the answer came up as "marcher". This does not seem to agree with the explication in the lesson.

Anna

Asked 4 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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