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Z. T.A1Kwiziq community member

I did a test that the following sentence was right: une histoire très intéressante. I don^'

Asked 9 years ago

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sue c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

If we have a quantity ,does it work in the the same way. he ate half of the apples. How would you translate he ate half of the apples. would you need to insert a word such as he ate half the quantity of the apples?

Asked 9 years ago

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Michael D.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

attendre vs. sáttendre à

In one of the 10 question quizzes:

How would you say "Alain expected this situation to resolve itself." ?

J'ai repondu "Alain attendait que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même."

Mais la réponse correcte était: "Alain s'attendait à ce que cette situation se résolve d'elle-même."

Pourquoi? Où est la sense de souci ? L'anglais etait "expected this situation to resolve itself" qui indique une manque de souci.

Asked 7 years ago

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Azalea 1.A1Kwiziq community member

J’ai une question

Est que ce que niveaux? Je ne fais pas regarde ma chérie lol

Asked 5 years ago

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Julia M.A2Kwiziq community member

Why is je me levée en retard wrong when je suis déjà en retard is righ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Paul S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

la République Française, où la République française ?

Small point of detail : la République Française, or la République française ?

I think this should be la République française (française not capitalised).

What is the consensus on this ? Does it matter ? Would either be ok ?

On Wikipedia, in this context , française generally seems to be in lower case, and I think the same on L'OBS web site.

Thanks. Paul.

Asked 6 years ago

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Karen H.C1Kwiziq community member

ses jours de congé: I'm doing one of your translation tests - why is there no S on congé please, even though it's jours with an s? Thank you!

Asked 7 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Relative pronounsBonjour! Is the following French sentence correct please?: ("The apple which the child is eating") .."La pomme que mange l'enfant". It looks like it's saying that the apple that eats the child! (2nd translation) This French sentence is from a very old Scottish school book that I bought online, published in 1932: Weir & Robertson, a section about relative pronouns, but Google translate gives the 2nd English translation above, not the first, which is from the book. Which source is correct please? The ancient book, or google? .. neither? I don't know! Cheryl

Asked 8 years ago

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John L.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

égal (à)Is there any case where à is needed? Or is this just a matter of preference? Thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

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sue c.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I don't think!Would there be much of a difference between. I don't think it is interesting and I think it is not interesting. The first would be wth subjunctive and the second with the indicative. Would there be any preference to use one rather than the other. Would there be a slight change in meaning? thankyou.

Asked 9 years ago

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