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William C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Verbs + prepositionI am confused here. The question says "arriver" is "to manage". However is "arriver" not "to arrive" and "arriver à" is "to manage"?

Asked 8 years ago

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Lisa H.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Using the partitive article

Hello! This is an example given for a partitive article:

Tu veux des pommes de terre?
Do you want some potatoes?

My question: is “des” both a plural of the partitive articles (used with uncountable or mass nouns) AND a plural of the indefinite article (used with countable nouns)? In the example above, potatoes are countable so they would take the definite or indefinite articles. But the sentence is used as an example of the partitive.

It’s probably a stupid or obvious question but I’m confused!

Thank you!

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

sans que vs sans seulementAvec the tradition de "without me changing my mind," the réponse correct c'est: sans que je change mon avis. Mais, est-ce que cette réponse est bon aussi: sans m'avoir changé d'avis? Si non, pourquoi pas?

Asked 8 years ago

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Katy C.A1Kwiziq community member

Seem specific to me?I'm still having trouble with these two examples: C'est vraiment magnifique ici! It's really beautiful here! - ici seems to make it specific, is it not? Miam, c'est délicieux! Yummy, it's delicious! -this seems to fit the ambiguous cases example of the soup. We don't know if the speaker is talking about a certain food in general or something in front of them. That would make a difference, wouldn't it?

Asked 8 years ago

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Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

(ne) personne"Elle a embrassé Alexandre, oui, mais elle n'a embrassé qu'Alexandre, personne d'autre." Is there a way to squeeze in a 'ne' to go with 'personne' here, if it is supposed to mean 'no one'? It feels weird that the 'ne' that pairs up with 'que' should extend to personne as well.

Asked 9 years ago

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Sami Z.A1Kwiziq community member

Corrigez-moi. S'il vous plaît.Je suis plus vieux que ma femme.

Asked 7 years ago

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Ron F.C1Kwiziq community member

Could you please explain in a different way the section of this lesson starting with you can also use any of those with ne..plus? IAM totally confused

Asked 7 years ago

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Yelena P.A1Kwiziq community member

"Russian" nationalité

Salut,

How to say "I am Russian"? in masculine and feminine form?

Asked 5 years ago

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Chris W.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Would this be a correct parallel to GermanIs there anyone speaking German here? Because I couldn't get my head around the explanation given in this lesson. It just seems very difficult to explain to a native English speaker. However, I get the impression that "attendre" would translate to "warten" in German whereas "s'attendre à" corresponds to "erwarten". The former simply is a statement while the latter is putting the focus more on what you're waiting for. -- Chris.

Asked 9 years ago

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Marnie C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Il a fait beau tous le temps.

Why is it not "Il FAISAIT beau tous le temps"? It so describes a condition that continued for the duration of the weekend and that sets the event in the weather of the sojourn.

Asked 7 years ago

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