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Walter B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

down the stairs to the basement?

If instead of just going down to the basement to fetch a bottle of wine, she went down THE STAIRS to the basement to fetch the bottle, would you conjugate descendre with etre or avoir?

Walter B.

Asked 6 years ago

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Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

rien ne s'y faitWhat does this mean ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Caroline A.A2Kwiziq community member

Who / When to use inversion to form a question?

Hi, I have heard that the inversion is not used often, and rarely used among young people. Maybe it is used more often with an older generation? Which of the 3 forms is the most used in everyday conversational French? And my second question is: What is the tone or feeling behind each form? (casual, friendly, condescending, written versus conversation, unnatural, etc). Thank you in advance for your time and your answer! :)

Asked 6 years ago

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Alican P.A0Kwiziq community member

"On ne doit pas.." How we can understand instantly this sentence is talking about We or People?

Asked 8 years ago

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Ben A.C1Kwiziq community member

Help with a question?

Can someone please tell me why HIS in question one is La and not Sa? I have contacted two French teachers who both say the answer to this question is Sa referring to someone else and would only be La if referring to yourself....

Please advise per my screen shot above...

Thank you in advance

Asked 6 years ago

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Cathy B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Reason for sentence construction with faire

Asked 7 years ago

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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

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Cornelia H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pronunciation of “er” versus “ère” changes with number of syllables?

Is it a fair assumption that all monosyllabic adjectives ending in “er” are pronounced the same when converted to the feminine “ère” ending? “Cher”and “chère”, for example? Whereas multi syllable “er” adjectives must change pronunciation in the feminine? “Dernier” versus “dernière”?

I always assumed that the accent grave was added to certain words to change the stress and pronunciation. If so, why is the accent grave added to words like “Cher” in the feminine if the pronunciation does not change?

Does this question make sense?

Thank you!

Asked 4 years ago

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Wanda L.A2Kwiziq community member

I'm confused about répartir.. shouldn't it be répartissez

Asked 8 years ago

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Tina K.A1Kwiziq community member

How do you say He hurt his knee as opposed to His knee hurts

Hi If: Il a mal au genou is his knee hurts. Then how do you write He hurt his knee?

Asked 5 years ago