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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 7 years ago

Andrea N.B2KwizIQ community member

Expressing numbers from 100

I cannot find the use of cent explained in a lesson. In this one, there is a sentence " deux cent soldats " When is cents used?

Asked 7 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 9 years ago

Ted M.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Gender of les canines.

How do I know canines are feminine? Because the singular ends in ‘e?’

Asked 4 years ago

Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Is this a correct reflexive verb question please, Vous êtes-vous rasé ce matin?

Asked 9 years ago

Arndis K.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"Will do" and "going to do" I am neither a native English nor French speaker, but quite fluent in English still. I don't understand the difference made in the quiz between "After lunch, the girls will do their homework" and "After lunch, the girls are going to do their homework" as these have exactly the same meaning in English, as far as I know.

Asked 8 years ago

Hillary H.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

C'était très rapide.

Can we use "vite" instead of rapide?

Asked 6 years ago

Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

When is "de" needed?Look at these sentences: Le roi a la pouvoir. Pour faire de la fusion nucléaire une source d'énergie, il faut que... How come one needs "de" in front of "la", but the other doesn't? Is there some handy rule I can apply?

Asked 10 years ago

Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

il regarde "de" chaque côté de la pièce. Why is there a 'de' in front of 'chaque'?

Asked 7 years ago

David S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Thanks for coming

The quiz says: ____ les gars! Thanks for coming guys!

The answer is Merci d'etre venus

This is clearly correct in the usual situation where the guys have come and are being thanked for it.

But suppose that the guys had promised to come and were being thanked in advance for it? The same English sentence would work for that situation, even if it would be more explicit if we said "Thanks for agreeing to come, guys". How would the French look in that case?

Asked 8 years ago

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