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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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Robert F.C1Kwiziq community member

Countries and regions

So Mexique, Cambodge, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Belize are masculine although they end in -e; Qubec, Texas and New Mexico are countries but California is not. It's le Merseyside but not le Bordeaux. Turkey is outside Europe (not entirely I think) and a turkey is from India. You really couldn't make up something more ridiculous than this if you tried.

I felt I was making good progress with this course but now I am bogged down with endless questions about places that don't interest me and loosing the will to live. I accept that fluent french speakers may need this but I can barely conjugate faire yet, surely this content should be moved to C1?

I am going to write myself out a big crib sheet and cheat - hopefully I can convince the quizzbot I know this stuff so I can move on to something more useful.

Asked 6 years ago

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Pekka J.A1Kwiziq community member

Car il fait chaud = because it was hot.

Hi. The sentence refers to the past, so why 'car il fait chaud', which is the present tense, and not the imperfect ' car il fasais chaud'?

Cheers,

Pekka Järvilehto

Helsinki.

Asked 6 years ago

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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

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Quelle est la difference entre un boulot et un travail ? Merci.

Asked 6 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

expressions with tout/tousTous les deux translates as "both" (all the two), and tous les nous as "all of us". Toute & toutes are the feminine forms of tout/tous, so if the nous are all females, should we say: toutes les nous? Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

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Liz H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Trouver vs penser

Lesson: I think you’re beautiful. I used trouver, Je trouve que tu es belle. Why is trouver incorrect? Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

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Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nos vs. Les nôtres & Vos vs. Les vôtres

Hi, the A & B of each pair seems to fulfil the same purpose. What are the rules on when to use each type?

Asked 6 years ago

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Christian H.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

"La dernière fois que" vs "La dernière fois où"

"La dernière fois que nous avions fait ça ensemble, c'était en 2011! "

I think "la dernière fois où" should be given as an option. See:
- https://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/expressions-francaises/2017/06/04/37003-20170604ARTFIG00012-la-premiere-fois-que-ou-la-premiere-fois-o-trouvez-l-erreur.php

- Grevise: 725

Or is "la dernière fois où" as unusual (even if grammatically correct) to encounter as "chaque fois où"?

Are there other usages of "fois" where "où" whould be very unusual?

(The other use of "fois" in this example "les rares fois où les attaquants adverses se sont approchés de notre but" does not seem to be one of them.)

Asked 1 year ago

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D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

Vrai(e) before/after noun

Why does "la vraie cuisine française" mean "real French cuisine"? Doesn't "vrai" mean "real/true" when it comes after the noun and "quite a/elaborate/interesting" when it comes after the noun?

Asked 5 years ago

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