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Joan C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Some profession only have masculine form, if I want to say a female butcher, can I write: 'Une boucher'?
Asked 6 years ago
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Erin M.A1Kwiziq community member
How to add accents on lineHow can one add the necessary French accents to the written questions on the quizzes? I'm using a PC and it's too cumbersome to do it in Word and cut/paste.
Asked 9 years ago
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C A.B1Kwiziq community member
Cet exercice est vraiment excellent! Particulierement les traductions pour chaque phrase! Mais ce que je ne comprends pas c'est pourquoi on a dit ,"

'le cote droit' mais le mur de droite (avec un 'e' bien que le mur est un nom masculin)?. Pardonnez maid le keyboard n'a pas d'accents francais.

Asked 6 years ago
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Rich L.C1Kwiziq community member
Dictionary That Shows Regular VerbsHi, does anyone know of a French-English dictionary that gives the definition of a verb but also states if it is regular or not? I am trying to put together some vocab on the Anki Flash card app and I think it would be useful to know which verbs are regular and so easier to learn. I've seen the lessons on the irregularities of verbs with E(x)ER etc. but was thinking if I could do with it being written down somewhere. Thanks, Rich
Asked 8 years ago
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Judy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
‘mais je suis arrivée un peu plus tard’

Do I not need to use ‘y’ as it means “to arrive there’? ‘mais j’y suis arrivée’?  Please explain. Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago
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Aoede P.A1Kwiziq community member
Mal à l’oreille où mal aux oreille?

This is in the lesson examples:

Sophie a mal à l'oreille.Sophie's ear aches. 
Sophie has an earache

But when I entered « Aurélie a mal à l’oreille » as the quiz answer it said I was wrong and should have answered « Aurélie a mal aux oreilles ». Which version is actually correct?

Asked 5 years ago
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Hugh O.C1Kwiziq community member
Agreement of Participle with Indirect Object

Whoops, my question was posted incomplete.

As I was saying (!), in the examples there is agreement between the indirect object and the participle:

La télé? Oui, Marc l'a regardée

Ces épisodes? Il les avait déjà vus

If this is the case, then shouldn't 'Tu lui as parlé' translate as 'You talked to him', BUT 'Tu lui as parlée translate as 'You talked to her'?

Asked 7 years ago
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S. B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Espérer et le subjonctif

It thought that that espérer was followed by the future tense when stated affirmatively, and was followed by the subjunctive tense when espérer when stated as a question or in the negative.  Yet, in the writing practice, the following is presented as the correct way to use espérer:

Espérons que cela se rafraichisse dans les jours qui viennent. 

Why when that is an affirmative statement?  Why isn't this correct?: "Espérons que cela se rafraichira"

Asked 6 years ago
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Alvin S.B1Kwiziq community member
When do you use en vs the definite article?

This lesson states you use either en or l' ; but it does not provide any rules for usage.  

Are they interchangable? Can I use either to say "In winter, I go skiing."
En hiver, je vais skier.
L'hiver, je vais skier.

Asked 6 years ago
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Donovan J.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
Can you please give an example of when to use the reflexive version?

"j'ai aperçu" versus "je me suis aperçu"

Is it the difference in just passively "seeing" something and actively "noticing" or what else??

Asked 7 years ago
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