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David B.C1Kwiziq community member

Est-ce que "grande-mère" épelle avec un "e" dans le mot "grande"?

Dans le texte complet, est-ce que "grande-mère" épelle avec un "e" dans le mot "grande"?

Asked 5 years ago

M. M.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Why beaucoup and not bien?

In the lesson above, you have AIMER BIEN / BEAUCOUP - TO LIKE / (A LOT). In the quiz, "J'aime bien tes chaussures." was marked incorrect for "I really like your shoes." It was corrected with beaucoup. If bien and beaucoup don't mean the same thing, then you need to clarify that in the lesson because as it is written, they look interchangeable.

Asked 5 years ago

Tom S.C1Kwiziq community member

Please review the logic behind "Quand on ouvre les cadeaux ?" being incorrectPlease go back to the logic behind why "Comment tu vas" (question - subject - verb) is correct, but "Quand on ouvre les cadeaux ?" is an incorrect question form. They both have the same structure of Question - subject - verb. Thanks you so much for your help. Tom

Asked 8 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Placement of 'certain'One B1 exercise has us translate "There is some risk". I think the translation depends on where you put the stress: "There is SOME risk" i.e. some uncertainty about the risk: Il y a un certain risque. Or alternatively "There IS some risk". Now the risk is certain: Il y a un risque certain.

Asked 8 years ago

Stuart B.B1Kwiziq community member

There is/there areIs there no distinction between 'there are' and 'there is'? Is it what follows that describes the difference i.e. 'Il y a un' or 'il y a des'

Asked 9 years ago

Meghna J.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Padawans?C'est quoi Padawans?

Asked 8 years ago

William G.C1Kwiziq community member

Delf levelsI am planning to take a delf test this spring. I am progressing through the levels but have not lived or lived in a French speaking part of Canada for decades. Would you advise taht I take level a1. Merci bien.

Asked 8 years ago

Cheryl K.C1Kwiziq community member

pas du tout word order questionWhy, when I wrote "Elle n'est pas du tout stupide" was it marked wrong, when in the explanation, it is listed as one of two correct translations of "She's not at all stupid/She's not stupid at all"?

Asked 7 years ago

John E.C1Kwiziq community member

Asked 7 years ago

Donovan J.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

I really disagree with the choices on this question...The question was «Oui, je le crois» CANNOT mean...
Yes, I think soYes, I believe soYes, I believe himYes, I believe <- the given answer

I can't speak for how English is used everywhere in the world, but at least where I'm standing, there is absolutely no difference between "I believe", "I believe so", and "I think so." They mean exactly the same thing. The choice that is the most different (by a tiny margin) is "I believe him."
I'm guessing that the idea you were going for is that if I'm believing "him", I'm not believing "in him", but I'm believing an idea that he has previously presented... but you didn't show any examples of that type of usage in the lesson. So given my choices, it looks like "le" is replacing a person in that choice.
My other questioin, of course, was a very similar question with similarly confusing answers.
«Il ne le croit pas» CANNOT mean...
There are often times on this site when, as far as I'm concerned, two choices are equally correct in English, but I can usually tell from the context which one you WANT me to pick, based on what the topic is. But these particular questions are a bit odd to me because leaving off the word "so" makes no difference at all.

Asked 7 years ago

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