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N. Hilary (Shamrockhill) W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

I agree with Carl. This was a challenging exercise. (I find the written exercises more difficult then the Dictees in general.)

My question: Why "Mes essuie-glaces arriere" and not "arrieres" ? Shouldn't arriere be plural?

Also: I wrote: "la pile de mon portable etait aussi vide", which I believe is an acceptable alternate translation. I am familiar with the use of "pile" for flashlight batteries or electric appliances, and the use of "etre vide" for a battery being dead.

I have never heard the expression, "le bas-cote". I wrote, "la cote de la route".

Thoughts anyone?

P.S. According to my husband, (who is a car buff) "a beater" is very common expression here in the U.S. As in, "my car is a real beater", ie. "my car is really beat up".

Asked 3 years ago

Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In and ToI admit to being totally confused about the rules for In/To/From for Cities/ Regions/States/Countries/Continents. I am creating an Excel spreadsheet for myself to clarify the rules and I am going through the several Kwiziq lessons which explain the rules. I am confused because the lessons use In and To interchangeably. Are In and To always the same word in French for each combination of gender, first letter (vowel or consonant) and number (singular or plural)?

Asked 8 years ago

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Faire du mal (emotionally)

Asked 8 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Joakim asked : why one says "tiers monde" rather than "troisième monde" ?

Asked 9 years ago

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

Emily L.C1Kwiziq community member

Asked 8 years ago

D. L.B1Kwiziq community member

Please....Can someone explain the difference between il faut va á l'école and il faut aller á l'école? I keep getting the test question wrong using va...... thanks

Asked 8 years ago

David C.B1Kwiziq community member

Elle a dû oublier de t'appeler. Why is there a "de" between oublier and t'appeler?Elle a dû oublier de t'appeler.

Hello why is there a "de" between oublier and t'appeler?

I often see a "de" in sentences whose placement I can't really understand. I would like to know if there is a rule for this.

Asked 6 years ago

Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Who and Whom difference? - correction to questionSorry the question should have readIn my part the UK we never use 'whom' only 'who' so I'm lost as to when to use 'Qui est-ce que' and when to use 'Qui est-ce qui'. Could you please help.

Asked 8 years ago

Meghna J.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreement with reflexive conjugaisonIn the question "Vous ___ dans le placard." (You hid in the cupboard.) would etes cache and etes caches both be acceptable?

Asked 9 years ago

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