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jennifer A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
bonjour. J'ai pensé que 'tous les samedis' = le samedi. Je nage le samedi, meaning - every Saturday?
Asked 7 years ago
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J. S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
"J'ai peur de ..." also means "regret" and "unwillingness" (as in English)

I'm afraid I have to leave -> J'ai peur de devoir partir

I'm not afraid of work -> Je n'ai pas peur du travail

(All the examples at present are only the "Filled with fear; frightened" meaning of afraid, which is misleading.)

Asked 6 years ago
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Almut H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Is "Un millier" exactly one thousand or about one thousand?
Asked 10 years ago
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Melvin P.A2KwizIQ community member
Salut,If the verb of a negative sentence is être, would it still be possible to change un / une to de / d'? Merci beaucoup. ^^
Asked 9 years ago
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Bonnie C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
So, "J'habitais dans le Minnesota." and "Je viens du Minnesota." ?
Asked 9 years ago
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Michael H.A0KwizIQ community member
how to say your name.

Hi there Aurellie, I am just a bit confused about some aspects of this website. I love the way Laura teaches, but this is just really a bit of feedback which you have asked for in the past: I have lived in French speaking Switzerland for fifteen winter seasons...teaching in French, have done a primary school teacher qualification specialising in French and have passed some quite advanced grammer levels within this website system, yet it still baffles me by directing me from time time to quite a low level...for instance, how to say your name...? I can't see that I can have possibly got only 33% in this at any point...is it some kind of tactic of the website it wonder...? or just some kind of shortcoming...? ah well, just thought I'd mention it for feedback in case of the latter.


Best regards,

Michael  

Asked 7 years ago
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Michael G.C1KwizIQ community member
ne expletif If the 'ne' is optional why are you marking down? Also in a previous explanation we are told that following a negative main clause we cannot use a 'ne' expletif....? Have I misunderstood? Please address both points.
Asked 9 years ago
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Kev H.B2KwizIQ community member
Why is it ‘Ils brûlent tout’ not ‘Ils sont brûlent tout’?
Asked 8 years ago
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Liz H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
Run on sentence

Bonjour Cécile. A few weeks ago I said I’d find an example of a run on sentence. In this lesson, I had one: Je ne peux pas parler maintenant, je suis en train de travailler. In English, we’d separate the two independent clauses with a semi-colon or a period, not a comma. I’m asking if it’s standard in French to use a comma to separate two clauses? Merci pour votre réponse ! 

Asked 7 years ago
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Johnny L.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor
We expect everything from him?I think this lesson needs to be broken up into 2-3 smaller lessons. Since "On s'attend à tout de sa part" means "We expect anything from him." To say we expect EVERYTHING from him, do we just remove "à"? Thanks.
Asked 10 years ago
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