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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Today's insightA way to simplify things is to think of short phrases as if they were single words. "il y a" is an obvious example. With "j'ai" as a single word, one does not have to think about the rule were the terminating vowel of a word must be replaced with an apostrophe when the next word begins with a vowel. And with "ce qui est", one does not need to think about the rules about when to use "ce que" vs "ce qui".

Asked 9 years ago

jane b.C1Kwiziq community member

Can anyone tell me the difference between the words for however? cependant, toutefois, néanmois, pourtant. Thanks!

Asked 4 years ago

Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Case of "soi-même" Is the use of même optional in the examples given using soi-même?

Asked 7 years ago

D. W.B2Kwiziq community member

Approximate numbers - 70, 80, and 90Hi, in your lesson "How to make approximate numbers such as une dizaine (ten or so)" you explain how to form the approximate numbers dizaine (10), vintgaine (20), trentaine (30), quarantaine (40), cinquantaine (50), soixantaine (60) and centaine (100). You did not mention 70, 80, nor 90. Do these not exist? Or are my guesses "soixante-dizaine" (70), "quatre-vingtaines" (80) and "quatre-vingt-dizaine" (90) in the right direction?

Asked 9 years ago

Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ça a dû être vs Ça doit avoir été

Bonjour forum et les experts

Mon question se réfère à la phrase 'Ça a dû être particulièrement difficile pour la pauvre Christelle' Je n'ai aucun problème avec le phrase. Je demande juste si c'est également possible de l'écrire, 'Ça doit avoir été particulièrement difficile pour la pauvre Christelle'?

Et si no, pourquoi?

J'apprécierai votre aide

Asked 5 years ago

Sukanya L.A0Kwiziq community member

jái trua-huit ans

Asked 9 years ago

Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"Nous irons visiter We'll go and visit."

I would translate this to English as "We'll go to visit." Would that also be "Nous irons visiter " in French.

Asked 7 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

agreement of past participles of verbs that use être as auxillary verb in perfect past tense, e.g. aller; partir, etc.

Bonjour!

Verbs that use être as auxillary in the perfect past tense, must have agreement of the past participle with the subject pronoun, but what if a direct object pronoun were included in the sentence? Which of the two pronouns would a past participle agree with please? Subject pronoun or direct object pronoun? Please site an example or two with your answer if possible.

Regards, Cheryl

Asked 7 years ago

Ron T.C1 Kwiziq 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

Alasdair K.B1Kwiziq community member

la salle de bain vs la salle de bains

Why is it la salle de bains - 'la' and 'bains'

Asked 1 year ago

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