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Susan C.C1Kwiziq community member

numbers

Asked 8 years ago

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Umi O.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Agreeing past participle with "on":

Asked 8 years ago

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Elaine R.A2Kwiziq community member

Pour + infin + pp only is in past tense??From reading the explanation above it explains that you can only use pour + infinitive and pp when the action is in the past or have I misunderstood? In the example given it says : Tu auras une médaille pour avoir sauvé ce pauvre chat. You'll get a medal for saving that poor cat. Would it not be for having saved that poor cat?? Thanks in advance!

Asked 8 years ago

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Stephen W.C1Kwiziq community member

Why can you not sat "I do not feel well" = "I feel unwell" ie "Je ne me sens pas bien" = "je me sens mal"

Asked 7 years ago

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Brenda F.B2Kwiziq community member

We are given a rule that brun is used for skin, hair, and fur. Yet example sentence uses ‘marron’ for dog and mouse. Pls advise. Merci!

Asked 6 years ago

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taejah N.A1Kwiziq community member

Why does jamais come afetr the verb?

Asked 8 years ago

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Lisa K.A2Kwiziq community member

In your example of the tu form of appeler, is that correct?

j'appelle

tu appelles Shouldn't this be (t'appelles)? If not, why?

il/elle/on appelle

nous appelons

vous appelez

ils/elles appellent

Asked 7 years ago

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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

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Rowena M.C1Kwiziq community member

il faut with negative

He must not lose his keys. Are both the following acceptable? il faut qu'il ne perde pas ses clés? et il ne faut pas qu'il perde ses clés?

Asked 3 years ago

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Dale F.C1Kwiziq community member

Il faut froid

Please help!

I say il faisait froid ce matin and my French neighbours nearly always respond with " oui il faisait frais".

Am I wrong to use froid - should I say

frais ?

Asked 5 years ago

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