French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,682 questions • 31,831 answers • 966,006 learners

Kwizbot, a friendly bot

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Is it serpillère or serpillière? Dictionaries suggest the latter.

Asked 7 years ago

Katie S.A1Kwiziq community member

Sometimes the "t" of "est" is pronounced and sometimes it isn't. Can we choose whether to liaise or not when using this phrase?

Asked 7 years ago

S. H.C1Kwiziq community member

Bonsoir. In the lesson samples, "Je la lui donne" is translated as "I give it to him/her." However, in the mini quiz, I chose both "She shows it tohim" and "She shows it to her" as possible taranslations for "Elle la lui montre" and this was scored as "nearly correct." Why is that?

Asked 7 years ago

Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question about some translations in this lessonI am confused as to when to use the present tense vs. the passe compose. For example: Rien n'est arrivé. Nothing has arrived.Nothing has happened. It is to do with the use of "has". For Rien n'est arrivé. Nothing has arrived.Nothing has happened. Why not Nothing arrived.Nothing happened. Or, why not say Rien n' arrive

Asked 9 years ago

Anne W.C1Kwiziq community member

What's wrong with La lettre a été envoyée par Einstein lui-même.

Asked 7 years ago

Thalia C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

J'étais vs. J'ai été

Is there a difference in meaning between "J'ai été là pendant quarante-cinq minutes" vs. "J'étais là pendant quarante-cinq minutes"? My inclination was to use passé composé because it was an action that happened and ended, but I see the latter sentence in the lesson example. Can someone please explain the difference?

Asked 5 years ago

Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

L'ancienne pronociation

Je suis curieux. Savez-vous si le "ds" et le "d" se prononçait auparavant, dans l'ancienne pronociation française ?

Asked 7 years ago

Kyaw Z.A2Kwiziq community member

Bonjour.Which conjugated verb will a proper noun take? How about common nouns? Is there any difference in singularity and plurality of the verbs as in English?

Asked 8 years ago

T. H.C1Kwiziq community member

In the examples, demeurer seems to reverse the être-avoir rule as to which it takes with direct and indirect objects. How come?

Asked 7 years ago

Robert D.A2Kwiziq community member

How do I take a test on specific topic?for instance Level A2, Nouns and pronouns.

Asked 9 years ago

Kwizbot, a friendly bot

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Let me take a look at that...