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Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Question about some translations in this lessonI am confused as to when to use the present tense vs. the passe compose. For example: Rien n'est arrivé. Nothing has arrived.Nothing has happened. It is to do with the use of "has". For Rien n'est arrivé. Nothing has arrived.Nothing has happened. Why not Nothing arrived.Nothing happened. Or, why not say Rien n' arrive

Asked 9 years ago

Jim H.A1Kwiziq community member

Isn't this wrong? Shouldn't be "I am coming to see Martine." Or "I come to see Martine?"Je viens de voir Martine. I've just seen Martine. <- Past tense???

Asked 9 years ago

peter b.C1Kwiziq community member

apresI will do this after I wash my hands. Will do is future, wash is present why do I need to use the past tense for wash. The sentence I am setting up future after present tense and the present tense is "past" relative to the future tense

Asked 7 years ago

Yvette P.B1Kwiziq community member

Prepositions with islands

Hi,

I wondered whether islands take the feminine gender? For instance, how would one say:

in/to/ from Sri Lanka; and

in/to/from Ceylon

Thanks,

Yvette.

Asked 5 years ago

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

Pamela M.A2Kwiziq community member

What does the ( not -ant) in the title mean, or refer to?

Asked 8 years ago

akanksh r.A1Kwiziq community member

nope

Asked 7 years ago

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

Jeffrey B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Weekend ou Week-end?

I asked about this previously & the answer that was given was that both spellings were acceptable with the hyphenated spelling more widely used. But in the text of this lesson the first sentence uses "week-end" & the last sentence uses "weekend". At the very least wouldn't the convention be to use the same spelling throughout a composition unless directly quoting another written piece?

Asked 3 years ago

A. M.B2Kwiziq community member

Punctuation in Ecriture.

I am making a lot of incorrect punctuation choices. It seems that there are significant differences in punctuation conventions between English and French. Do you address these?

Asked 5 years ago

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