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s b.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This is weird! I type and it shows blank!Now I cannot figure out "plus-que-parfait"! Even J'avais is "I had"! So, how do I know if it is "J'avais" or "J'ai eu" that has to be used? Sorry, just cannot find the answer!

Asked 7 years ago

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Shankar P.C1Kwiziq community member

les yeux bleus, les yeux noisette?

The lesson says to use "il a les yeux bleus" but the test says "Il avait les yeux noisettes", as wrong. I am not sure what is the exception even though I am learning a language of exceptions

Asked 3 years ago

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Are you not allowed to just use avoir besoin de or maybe on doit in the same context?

Asked 7 years ago

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fiona K.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Bavarder

Bonjour Chris

Elles ________ pendant tout le film !" They will have chatted during the whole film!HINT: Conjugate "bavarder" in Le Futur Antérieur

The correct answer was Elles auront bavarde pendant tout le film.

Why does bavarder here not agree in gender and number? Or am I missing something?

Please help, I have struggled with lesson for awhile now.

Asked 6 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Tu m’accompagnais à l'école tous les matinsIn the quiz I was marked wrong for selecting "You were accompanying me to school every mornming" for the translation of this sentence. It wanted "You used to accompany me to school every morning". Yet in another lesson (Avoir l'habitude de = To be in the habit of, to tend to (French Expressions with avoir)%252Fsearch%253Fs%253Dhabitude) you associate "used to" with "avoir d'habitude". To me (and Google Translate) that makes "You used to accompany me to school every morning" an inappropriate translation here. The other one, although less common than the obvious" You accompanied me to school every morning" seems the more appropriate choice.

Asked 7 years ago

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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

J'ai eu mon exam

In the quiz it was expected that you choose this form as well as the expected J'ai reussi mon exam or J'ai obtenu mon exam. In the lesson it states that you can use J'ai eu with the name of the exam (e.g. bac or licence).

So would a French speaker really use the J'ai eu or J'ai obtenu form with "mon exam"?

It seems unlikely. Rather like in English we would not say "I got my exam" or "I obtained my exam" where, of course, we have no problem with "I got my degree" or "I obtained my dregree"

Asked 7 years ago

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Dorothy M.C1Kwiziq community member

L’imparfait ou plus-que-parfait for this Level C1 questionFor the question, “Je ne voulais pas écouter ________ . I didn't want to listen for fear that you'd be lying”. “De peur que tu ne mentes” is given as the correct answer. Why not de peur que tu n’aies menti?

Asked 8 years ago

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M. K.C1Kwiziq community member

Hi, how would you say 'Don't you have someone else to complain about?'

Asked 8 years ago

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Earl T.C1Kwiziq community member

faire de vs rendre

In the last sentence, the correct response uses "fait de". Why isn't "rend" acceptable? Is it because rendre is strictly = make something + adjective, not make something into something else + adjective?

Asked 4 years ago

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paul b.C1Kwiziq community member

Avant de or avant que

Hhello one of the question was avant que je ne vienne je dois acheter des fleurs, can I also use avant de in this situation avant de venir Paul

Asked 6 years ago

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