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Kelle S.A1Kwiziq community member

Asked 7 years ago

Bonnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reflexive verbs in passé composé agreementI know that all reflexive verbs are conjugated with être in the passé composé, and that the past participle agrees with the subject in number and gender. I learned that when there is another object present (a body part in all or most cases) there is no agreement. In an A2 test, I answered "Elles se sont brossé les cheveux." and was marked wrong, with "Elles se sont brossées les cheveux." as the correct answer. I asked this question on the quiz question site and was redirected to this Q and A board. Thanks for your help/clarification. -- Bonnie Christianson

Asked 8 years ago

Richard R.C1Kwiziq community member

is not "avoir sort" the same as "avoir de la chance"?

Asked 6 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Christopher asked: "Why "J. a descendu le géant." can't mean "J. climbed down on the giant" ?"

Asked 8 years ago

darin t.A2Kwiziq community member

Re: Qu'aiment-ils?

The correct answer is given as What do they love? I thought that aimer is love when discussing people, therefore WHO makes more sense.

Should the correct answer be What do they LIKE?

What about Qu’adorent-ils?

Asked 6 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Use of imparfaitIn this week's writing challenge we had ".. I've received a letter from your company. It notified me that .." -> "J'ai reçu une lettre de votre compagnie. Elle m'informait que ..." How can we know that this is better than " Elle m'a informé que ..."

Asked 8 years ago

Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

Are there any obvious (common) adjectives that are exceptions?

Asked 7 years ago

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I was marked wrong in a quiz for "Tu achètes une nouvelle voiture demain". It wanted "Tu vas acheter une nouvelle voiture demain". How does this differ from the example in this lesson "Je viens demain".

Asked 7 years ago

Pokimon S.Kwiziq community member

Is pronoun only used in inversion type? Hi ,,,Is pronoun only used in inversion type? Or can we use the noun instead of pronoun.... example Parle-t Michael francais? instead of Parle-t-il francais? Please clarify ... Thank you in advance

Asked 7 years ago

Don P.C1Kwiziq community member

Aren't some of the answers to question 1 ambiguous with regard to their correctness? I understand that "Vous pouvez prendre tout ce qu'est sur la table" is the answer to question 1 because it should be using "ce qui" instead of "ce que." But aren't the other questions which use "tout" also possibly incorrect. For example, in "Tout ce qu'il fait m'agace," wouldn't this be incorrect if "tout" was being used as a noun instead of a pronoun? In such case, the "ce" should be dropped to be correct.

Asked 8 years ago

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