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D. L.B1Kwiziq community member

...Cette question peut être bête mas, pourquoi est noir féminin? La Dame en Noir a hanté cette maison depuis des siècles? Merci

Asked 8 years ago

Igor D.A1Kwiziq community member

Avez-vous ete marie?

Asked 8 years ago

Pamela M.A2Kwiziq community member

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

Asked 8 years ago

AurélieKwiziq Head of French, Native French Teacher

Susan suggested a great mnemonic not to mix up être and faire in the passé simple :"faire has an "i," être does not, so the passé simple of faire would have an "i," and the passé simple of être would not. It's a bit simplistic, but it helped me keep the two verbs straight until I didn't have to think about which was which any more."

Asked 9 years ago

Jacqui T.C1Kwiziq community member

I don't understand why "prends-lui deux" can be a correct solutionPlease ignore what I have written below.

Asked 8 years ago

John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

The meanings of demeurer

In your lesson you say that demeurer, when used in the perfect tense with avoir or être, behaves in the opposite way to other two meaning verbs. Is that right? Does it not behave in the same way, ie. it takes être when intransitive and avoir when transitive?

Sorry, perhaps this is not right. For example, il a demeuré à Paris is an example of intransitive avoir use.

So, is the rule that we use être when the usage is intransitive and expresses a state of being?

Asked 6 years ago

David M.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is voeu used instead of souhait

Why is voeu used instead of souhait

Asked 6 years ago

robert r.A2Kwiziq community member

test mistakeI thought there was a mistake on the first test that I just took but I can't figure-out how to go-back and look at the test questions.

Asked 8 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

G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

What about une chambre double ? - I was marked wrong on the 'double' example because I was following this example.

Asked 8 years ago

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