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Wendy E.C1KwizIQ community member

is there a lesson on where and how to use accent marks

Asked 10 years ago

J. S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

«Magret» is not "duck breast"

For "breast" in breast of duck, the exercise uses "magret". Can you explain why? LaRousse defines "magret" as "Fillet of duck fattened for the production of foie gras.", which does not seem to be the same thing, as clearly not all ducks are forced fed to make foie gras; and clearly it would be redundant to say «de canard»

I used blanc, which seems a lot closer: «Partie charnue d'une volaille qui tient à la carcasse.» but is not accepted.

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/magret/48627

https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/blanc/9729

Asked 3 years ago

David S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

In the quiz "aime vraiment" was marked wrong and "aime beaucoup" was required.

As far as I can tell both are equally valid and in common use, even though this lesson does not mention "aime vraiment". And from a literal point of view, since the English said "really like" and not "like a lot" "aime vraiment" seems more appropriate.

Asked 8 years ago

CrystalMaiden 7.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

It's like contredire in the present tense.Couldn't help but notice, but lire is a lot like contredire, interdire, predire in the present conjugation. " contredis contredit contredisons contredisez contredisent. " " lis lit lisons lisez lisent. " Maybe this page should mention that as a fun fact, I know it makes remembering how to conjugate different categories of irregular verbs easier when I know that they're conjugated the same way as each other.

Asked 8 years ago

Alex A.A2KwizIQ community member

AccentsIn doing the weekend French challenge how do I add the accents on the standard English keyboard please?

Asked 10 years ago

Ian G.C1KwizIQ community member

Conjugation of 'luire' in the passé simpleI have checked the rule and your answer does not follow the rule. Therefore I checked conjugation tables for luire which support the notion that your answer is incorrect, and that the correct answer was not present. According to these conjugation tables Luire in the passé simple has these conjugations: je luisis tu luisis il luisit "Now the city would fall into the 3rd category 3rd person singular and so the correct answer is surely luisit - Ian

Asked 9 years ago

Angela P.C1KwizIQ community member

I would have have thought you would have to say avec qu'il parle In the quiz the question was "la fille avec ... il parle " I chose laquelle but the answer qui was also expected. I did not choose that because the qui should have been qu'

Asked 10 years ago

Jo-Anne Y.A1KwizIQ community member

Je viens de Winnipeg, en Manitoba, au Canada.

Asked 10 years ago

Paul S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

la République Française, où la République française ?

Small point of detail : la République Française, or la République française ?

I think this should be la République française (française not capitalised).

What is the consensus on this ? Does it matter ? Would either be ok ?

On Wikipedia, in this context , française generally seems to be in lower case, and I think the same on L'OBS web site.

Asked 7 years ago

D. A.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

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