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Susan J.A1Kwiziq community member

what if both a and de are there in the sentence what am i supposed to use en or y ?

Asked 9 years ago

Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

agreement of adjectives when two adjectives describe the same nounBonjour! I thought that if two adjectives were being used to describe the same noun, then you wrote these adjectives both in the masculine form, even if the noun is feminine, e.g. Elle a acheté une nouvelle robe blanc et noir. Yet, the correct answer in a quizz I did was "les canines blanches et pointres", not "blancs et pointres". Can someone please explain this? Cheryl.

Asked 8 years ago

Susan R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Similarly: why is it, tu me rapelles ma mère, and not, de ma mère?

Asked 9 years ago

Julianne Q.B2Kwiziq community member

Is the correct English translation of Je déteste la California ou la Provence, I dislike California and Provence i think the point is that in French 'ou' is used in this situation rather than 'et' - is that right?

Asked 8 years ago

Julia M.A2Kwiziq community member

The speaker seems to say la instead of leurs in Ils ont reçu leurs résultats ' . .

Asked 9 years ago

Nicole C.C1Kwiziq community member

Again stuck on when to use passé simple. Thought not used much in conversation these days?

Asked 9 years ago

Jennifer C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

tout le monde est nouveau? Why not nouvelI seem to vaguely remember that there are two ways of talking about new, depending on how new the object is. Here I used nouvel but the correct answer was nouvel? Can anyone enlighten me?

Asked 8 years ago

Patrick K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of Indicaitive vs subjunctive with "apres que"

It seems that while it's technically correct to use indicative with "apres que", most people in France use the subjunctive in daily practice, and actually find it weird if you use the indicative. The practice is so common that it is becoming a defacto standard (e.g see https://www.francaisavecpierre.com/apres-que-subjonctif-ou-indicatif/). As I know Lawless is a strict grammarian, I will use the indicative and correct French speakers when they use the subjunctive (I also guess that I will soon be thrown out of France by a horde of angry French people :-) )

Asked 2 years ago

Adelaida L.C1Kwiziq community member

Wonderful cultural material. Does "du coup" always mean "as a result" or "therefore"? Does the expression have other meanings?

Asked 3 years ago

Karen S.A1Kwiziq community member

Our French neighbours have told us to use "tu" When asking if they have been away would you use vous as you are speaking to them as a couple? bit unsure on this

Asked 9 years ago

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