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Gabrielle W.C1Kwiziq community member

Hi, I love the website. I too am wondering why 'we brushed our hair' is 'Nous nous sommes brossé les cheveux' rather than with an 's' added to brossé

Asked 7 years ago

Jamie J.B2Kwiziq community member

I have just run across this sentence in my reading, and I don't understand how/why the adverbial pronoun is used:

The introductory sentence is part of a conversation:

-Vous ignorez qu'il est le propriétaire des parfums et des produits de beauté Mylène?

This is followed by the following sentence, which is the author's omnipotent observation about how little Maigret knew about perfumes:

Il s'y connaissait si peu en produits de beauté!

I understand what is being communicated, but I don't understand the grammar!

Please explain why the "s'y" construction is in this sentence.

Merci!

Asked 6 years ago

David C.B1Kwiziq community member

Tu veux venir à la piscine? - Oui, je le veux. Y vs Le?Tu veux venir à la piscine? - Oui, je le veux.

Why would it not be:

Oui, je y veux.

We use venir à?

Asked 6 years ago

Alexandra M.B2Kwiziq community member

Le Passé Composé - 'se plaindre (to complain) - plaint' For 'se plaindre (to complain) - plaint', Would it be, Je me suis plaint; Tu t'es plaint; Nous nous sommes plaint.. ?

Asked 9 years ago

Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

If I want to say 'she is a teacher', it should be 'c'est une/un professeur'?

Asked 7 years ago

Andy N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mon amie Rachel est une très bonne maquilleuseI noticed in your Week 29 A2 Halloween writing test, the above phrase was given as the correct translation of 'my friend Rachel is a very good makeup artist.' From this, can we take it that a descriptive adjective before a profession requires the whole phrase to take an article? Thanks again.

Asked 9 years ago

Rachel B.A1Kwiziq community member

Singular article with plural adjective + noun?

Hello,

I've run into a few sentences that use a singluar "de" before a plural adjective + noun. Like, "Elle a de grands meubles." Why is it de in this case and not "des"?

Asked 8 years ago

c. c.C1Kwiziq community member

I'm just gonna leave this here

I won't again write "jeudi suivant" in quiz answers but I hear it a lot when making plans, so I'm putting this here :-)

https://forum.wordreference.com/threads/jour-de-la-semaine-prochain-suivant-qui-vient-de-la-semaine-prochaine-dapr%C3%A8s-en-huit.377114/

Asked 7 years ago

Tiên C.A1Kwiziq community member

i dont know when we use " pas" or when we use "plus" ~ Can you help me with this

Asked 6 years ago

Gareth J.C1Kwiziq community member

Mais c’est impossible ! Si, c’est possible : je suis un vampireBonjour, Is “si” used because “impossible” is the negative of “possible”? The grammar lesson for using “si” only has examples using the “ne ...” construction. Would this be the case for other similar words with a direct negative opposite?

Asked 5 years ago

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