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A K.A1KwizIQ community member

When would you use the masculine form of a pronoun for a feminine nounwould you use pronouns ending in 'n' (mon, ton, son) for nouns that begin with vowel or silent h? In doing a recent quiz for the noun 'petite amie' a 'sa' was used... should son have been used instead?

Asked 7 years ago

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D. A.B2KwizIQ community member

Oops: the question is “Je suis contente. Non, je ne suis pas du tout contente.”

I wrote “Non, je ne suis pas contente du tout” and this answer was accepted as nearly correct. Why, what is the difference? I thought the two expressions are interchangeable.

thank you

Asked 7 years ago

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Jo T.A2KwizIQ community member

In the sentence - c'est vraiment mignon, why is "mignon" masculine when it is talking about a female being cute? Thanks (Jo)

Asked 7 years ago

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Jennifer C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Mon mari nous rejoindra après s'être raséIn this example the husband's action has not happened yet but is envisaged. So although the lesson notes talk about this construct referring to past actions, is that correct?

Asked 9 years ago

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Joakim R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Négation pluriel"We don't eat baby rabbits" -> "Nous ne mangeons pas de lapereau" selon un quiz. Je sais que 'des' devient 'de' dans les phrases négatives, mais pourquoi pas 'lapereaux'?

Asked 9 years ago

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adrienne h.C1KwizIQ community member

ville vs village

Somehow, I always translate "city" to "ville" and "town" to village. Help me to think about this differently, if you can!

Asked 3 years ago

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Laura C.C1KwizIQ community member

using partir or sortir

Hello

on the quiz: "we are leaving at four:" I chose "nous sortons à quatre," because I took it to mean "in the process of." But "partons" is correct, because "sortons" requires an actual place. Is that correct?

Thanks

We are leaving at four o’clock." ?Nous partons à quatre heures.Nous laissons à quatre heures.Nous quittons à quatre heures.Nous sortons à quatre heures.

Asked 2 years ago

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Sandunika D.A0KwizIQ community member

When discussing about a feeling we had in the past don't we use L'imperatif?

Asked 9 years ago

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