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Susan B.A2Kwiziq community member

Could you explain what a 'complement' is in this context?

Asked 9 years ago

stephen b.C1Kwiziq community member

I understood that the second and third consecutive verbs were in the infinitive

Asked 8 years ago

Hillary H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

C'était très rapide.

Can we use "vite" instead of rapide?

Asked 5 years ago

David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Common exceptionsThe lesson states "Most verbs ending -ir in Le Présent (Present Tense) conjugate like this:" but sortir, mentir and partir are very comon verbs endng in -ir that have a different rule so shouldn't the lesson discuss both groups smultaneously, otherwise a student gets misled until sometime later when the other is introduced with a similarly simplistic description.

Asked 7 years ago

Paula B.C1Kwiziq community member

Inscrit en contre

Can anyone help with the phrase 'inscrit en contre'. According to the local newspaper, our local rugby team won at the weekend:

'.....grâce à un essai inscrit en contre'

I have looked it up but cannot grasp the meaning of the phrase. Thanks

Paula

Asked 7 years ago

Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Please explain the use of hors-d'ouvres vs amuse-gules or entrée

Asked 6 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Paul asked: "Can you please explain why "Je me rappelle le Québec." is correct ?What are the ways of saying ''I remember Québec.'' ? Je me rappelle du Québec. / Je me souviens du Québec. / Je me rappelle le Québec.

Asked 9 years ago

D K.C1Kwiziq community member

Why can you use inversion with nouns in this expression?According to the lesson 'Forming inverted questions with names, things and emphasis', you can't use inversion with nouns (for example, 'Vient Sophie?'); you need to add a pronoun ('Sophie vient-elle?'). But here in the examples we see 'Comment vont tes enfants?' and 'Comment va Paul?'. Why isn't it 'Comment tes enfants vont?' or 'Comment tes enfants vont-ils?' Is this a peculiarity of this particular expression, or are there other cases where inversion can be used with nouns with no pronoun?

Asked 8 years ago

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 7 years ago

Sherry M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Aimer bien and negation

Just a few days ago I came across Jacques Brel's song "Le moribund", which has the line: "Adieu l'Antoine, je t'aimais pas bien", which I took to mean that the speaker didn't like Antoine. Is the rule that "aimer bien" can't be used in a negative sentence something that can be overridden in some cases, such as in art to make a line scan better, or does its use in the song suggest that the speaker isn't well spoken? Maybe an exception that tests the rule?

Asked 7 years ago

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