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Samuel S.A0Kwiziq community member

How to understand its a definite or indefinite articles in french

Asked 7 years ago

Murat B.C1Kwiziq community member

what about when when we want to say "we dress each other..."?

Asked 9 years ago

K. M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Hi, I don't understand how "my neighbor manages to wake me up" can be Passe Simple.

Asked 8 years ago

martina t.A1Kwiziq community member

Hi,

I was wondering why is it "je suis fière d'être utile" rather than "je suis fière être utile". Would it be incorrect to ommit the 'd'' in this case?

Thanks,

Martina

Asked 2 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

accentFrom today's writing challenge. How come "They are colored" translate as "Ils sont colorés" but "They are multicolored" becomes "Ils sont multicolores" (without accent) ?

Asked 9 years ago

T. T.C1Kwiziq community member

Quelle est la difference entre réécrire et récrire ?

The two words are the same to me, would someone explain their difference?

Asked 6 years ago

Leah C.B1Kwiziq community member

Elle y repond ... why not elle le repond? (I can't get the accent to work so ignore that). I'm not sure when to replace with le or y

Asked 8 years ago

Cornelia H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of “er” versus “ère” changes with number of syllables?

Is it a fair assumption that all monosyllabic adjectives ending in “er” are pronounced the same when converted to the feminine “ère” ending? “Cher”and “chère”, for example? Whereas multi syllable “er” adjectives must change pronunciation in the feminine? “Dernier” versus “dernière”?

I always assumed that the accent grave was added to certain words to change the stress and pronunciation. If so, why is the accent grave added to words like “Cher” in the feminine if the pronunciation does not change?

Does this question make sense?

Thank you!

Asked 5 years ago

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

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 9 years ago

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