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Belinda S.B2Kwiziq community member

Using 'des' as a partitive article

I'm continually confused about using des!

So, it's the plural of un/une (countable things). However it also seems to be used as a partitive article - as in the example "Tu veux des epinards?" (Do you want (some) spinach (uncountable thing)). Is epinards plural, and hence the use of des???

Any and all help very much appreciated!

Belinda

Asked 4 years ago

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Thanh L.A1Kwiziq community member

chercher à and essayer de, tenter

Is there any difference between the three of them?

- chercher à and essayer or chercher à and tenter (for specific). Tks!

Asked 5 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 9 years ago

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

" Soudain " Why not " soudainement "?

Asked 8 years ago

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amanda h.A0Kwiziq community member

anyone?does anyone know how to get a bigger level i transfered from a francophone school to an english school as a grade 8 but it put me as a0 instead of advanced and ive been getting 10-10 on the a2 test and it has not switched my level

Asked 8 years ago

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Trisha N.A0Kwiziq community member

how do you say the amount of money in french

Asked 4 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

en libérant vs par libérer

To translate "Coco Chanel became very popular 'by freeing' women from the corset", they used en libérant while I used par libérer because I thought en libérant would mean "while liberating" vs the "by liberating" they asked for. Am I wrong? Thats what I thought I understood from other examples in the past.

Asked 7 years ago

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maxine w.A1Kwiziq community member

"....nos jambes a notre cou !" Pourquoi est-ce que le mot "cou", n'est pas en forme pluriel?

Asked 7 years ago

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L. B.C1Kwiziq community member

In the quiz it marked wrong when I spelled out dix minutes. in the answer it had 10 mins

Asked 9 years ago

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