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Stuart B.B1KwizIQ community member

Are there any obvious (common) adjectives that are exceptions?

Asked 8 years ago

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John B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

The meanings of demeurer

In your lesson you say that demeurer, when used in the perfect tense with avoir or être, behaves in the opposite way to other two meaning verbs. Is that right? Does it not behave in the same way, ie. it takes être when intransitive and avoir when transitive?

Sorry, perhaps this is not right. For example, il a demeuré à Paris is an example of intransitive avoir use.

So, is the rule that we use être when the usage is intransitive and expresses a state of being?

Asked 6 years ago

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Júnior N.A0KwizIQ community member

J'habite à Campina Grande. J'habite au Brésil!

Asked 9 years ago

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Debbie M.C1KwizIQ community member

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Asked 7 years ago

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Steven N.C1KwizIQ community member

Ils balayeront le sol avant que nous ne venions.Why should the "ne" be included - is it another negative form?

Asked 9 years ago

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Tom S.C1KwizIQ community member

Please review the logic behind "Quand on ouvre les cadeaux ?" being incorrectPlease go back to the logic behind why "Comment tu vas" (question - subject - verb) is correct, but "Quand on ouvre les cadeaux ?" is an incorrect question form. They both have the same structure of Question - subject - verb. Thanks you so much for your help. Tom

Asked 9 years ago

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S. P.B1KwizIQ community member

Why the article "le" before "on" in "Et l'on entend la même chanson, oh !"?Obviously, my question is not related to the current subject. However, since the sentence is used in this lesson, I figured it would be ok to present it here. In any case, I have yet to run into this construction in my lessons. Can someone point me in the right direction perhaps? Thank you.

Asked 8 years ago

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Megan H.C1KwizIQ community member

j'ai cru que je n'y arriverais jamais

Regarding the phrase 'j'ai cru que je n'y arriverais jamais', I was thinking that 'j'ai cru' might need to be followed by the subjunctive, as the part after j'ai cru is negative. Does the subjunctive rule only apply if it is je n'ai pas cru perhaps?

Thanks

Megan

Asked 5 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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Kathleen P.C1KwizIQ community member

infos versus nouvelles

All through the piece "news" is translated as "infos" except in the last sentence when it is "nouvelles". Any special reason for this, beyond some idiosyncrasy of language?

Asked 4 years ago

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