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Mark H.C1Kwiziq community member

Is it possible to say "La souris était mangée par le chat. -- The mouse was eaten by the cat."? How is this sentence different from "La souris a été mangée par le chat. -- The mouse was eaten by the cat.", please? Thank you. This is something I get stuck on a lot.

Asked 7 years ago

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Valentin P.B2Kwiziq community member

sûrement, probably or certainly

in the exercise there's a word used "sûrement" as "probably",

however here it says it means "certainly":

http://dictionnaire.sensagent.leparisien.fr/SUREMENT/fr-fr/

and here seems to be meaning both:

https://context.reverso.net/translation/french-english/s%C3%BBrement?utm_source=reversoweb&utm_medium=contextresults&utm_campaign=resultpage

Asked 5 years ago

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Sherin M.A1Kwiziq community member

i'm having difficulty with this topic plz help moi

Asked 7 years ago

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Winifred D.C1Kwiziq community member

Link to a lesson on the conditional présent. Conditional présent looks like infinitive + endings for the imperfect, but there seem to be exceptions - e.g. être.

Asked 8 years ago

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Maeve L.A2Kwiziq community member

Aller or entrer and rentrer or revenir

In the avoir/être test for "he went" I put "il est allé" and for "I went back" I put "je suis rentré" Both were marked incorrect, why?

Asked 4 years ago

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Blix R.C1Kwiziq community member

Soi or soi-même?

Asked 8 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

c'est vs il estIn a writing challenge we had someone describing the new TV they bought: "besides, it's high definition" -> "en plus, elle est haute définition". I'm have from mastered the rules for c'est vs il est, but the one thing I have learned is that when you have a modified noun it's supposed to be "c'est". Yet here we have "haute définition" preceeded by elle est. My best guess is that "haute définition" is to be seen as an expression and should therefore count as an adjective rather than a modified noun ?

Asked 9 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Doubt in sentence structure

Bonjour Madame,

In the sentence 'Paul et Hélène sont mes amis.'

The question for this would be-

1.Qui est tes amis?

2.Qui sont tes amis?

Pls guide which one of the following is correct and what is the rule behind it ?

Asked 7 years ago

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Michael R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The pronoun Y

I am not clear on these two examples even after rereading the lesson. I can't see the exact phrase or object that is being replaced (assuming its introduced by à or a prepositional verb). Is there another situation where "en" can be used.

- Tu te rappelles quand Luc a perdu à Donkey Kong à deux secondes de la fin ? J'ai les boules à chaque fois que j'y pense !
- Quand j'ai vu le “Game Over”, je n'arrivais pas à y croire ! Il me reste quatre tickets, et toi ?

Asked 7 years ago

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