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Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

No retry on the quiz?The test saves my original answers, so when I do the quiz again (I did it two weeks ag), it doesn't matter if I correct myself from before, it saves the old answers. Is it supposed to be like that?

Asked 7 years ago

Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

What is a ‘naturally comparative’ adjective?

Asked 8 years ago

Matt H.A1Kwiziq community member

Uses of C'estHello, I am a bit confused about the standalone adject + c'est constructions. I thought that to use c'est it needed to proceed a noun within the sentence. Is what I'm seeing here a special case? Or do I have it completely mixed up (which wouldn't come as a great shock to me lol)?

Asked 8 years ago

L H.A0Kwiziq community member

il y a une semaine, j'ai vu un film. Is this the typical way of saying this. In English, we would typically reverse the order-I saw a film a week ago

Asked 7 years ago

Lanny R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

certain -vs- (un) peu deSo I overlooked answering with "certain" for the question : Il y a un ___. (There is some risk.) As risk is uncountable I went with : Il y a un peu de risque. (There is a bit of risk.) In English I can think of instances where those differ (your example of full stress on "some" being one of them.) but they seem mostly interchangable. Any hints on when to use "certain" and when to use "(un) peu de" in French?

Asked 8 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 4 years ago

T. E.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je serai sûrement en retard d'un quatre d'heureShouldn't it be 'Je serai sûrement en retard un quatre d'heure,' since the article states être en retard (without the de) is a possibility?

Asked 8 years ago

Duke W.B2Kwiziq community member

Brain Map for Premium UsersBrain Map is not responsive to gestures in revealing more information (other than color codes) when used on an iPad with most current iOS with Safari as the browser. Thank you in advance as the feature is quite extraordinary if it will provide detailed analysis as the tutorial demonstrates. PS Are there plans to release kwiziq as an app (currently available only in a browser) and a "native speaker" segment as used in some other language apps?

Asked 8 years ago

William B.C1Kwiziq community member

Quiz question 'Je suis en vacances du neuf au treize juillet.' Shouldn't the quiz question use the de (vs du) form because we're talking about specific dates? It seems unlikely I would have the 9th thru 13th off every year?

Asked 8 years ago

Steven F.C1Kwiziq community member

Pourquoi explétif ne dans "Elle avait fait ses devoirs avant qu'il n'arrive." Merci.

Asked 9 years ago

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