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Hoyt C.A2KwizIQ community member

Severe 'hum' on audio of filmclip. Voice is very soft and weak. Needs correction.Check ground connection on mike!

Asked 10 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 10 years ago

Nick P.B2KwizIQ community member

Il ne mange qu'une moitié du biscuit. He only eats one half of the biscuit.Does this not also means 'he eats only one half of the biscuit'? Or if not, how do you differentiate between these two meanings? Thanks

Asked 9 years ago

Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why subjunctive?The subjunctive tens is associated with fear/doubt/uncertainty. So why is it used with "aimer que" ?

Asked 9 years ago

Aaron G.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Isn't the meaning of "d'ici neuf heures" actually "within nine hours"?

In other words, doesn't "Il faut que je sois parti d'ici neuf heures" essentially mean "I'll have to be gone in nine hours"?

Asked 7 years ago

David K.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

I see no difference between "he only ate sweets" and "he ate sweets only". I have only encountered " que" after the past participle before the object

Asked 7 years ago

D. A.A2KwizIQ community member

Se Coucher/ Aller Se Coucher ?

In the lesson below, it is stated that "se coucher" means "to go to bed"

Conjugate reflexive verb se coucher in the present tense in French (Le Présent)

However, when I wrote "puis il se couche" as corresponding sentence for "then he goes to bed" in the last part of the exercise, it was marked as a mistake and the correct one shown as "puis il va se coucher"

Could you please advise which one is correct ? or have I misunderstood something ?

Asked 3 years ago

Barb B.KwizIQ community member

What does 2.6 mean in French? What date is this?

How would 2.6 be written in French? What does the decimal mean?

Asked 5 years ago

Peng W.A1KwizIQ community member

why do we need two nous

hello im wondering why is the correct awnser nous hablilons cause there was already a nours infront of it so i do not think that another nous would be neccersary.

Asked 5 years ago

Neil R.B1KwizIQ community member

what happened to the 2 question quizzes?? I don't fet them anymore on new topics....

Asked 8 years ago

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