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Shruti C.A1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je veux savoir comment placer adverbs

Asked 7 years ago

Jena G.C1Kwiziq community member

Language register

When I speak with native speaker friends, they would never respond to any of the "tu veux... / tu penses que... / tu crois que..." questions above with a "le" in their response. I know it's correct, but is this a feature of formal French? When I'm in France, I always hear "Oui, je pense/crois/veux" as a short sentence response when I ask people if they think/believe/want something.

Actual questions I've asked native speakers and responses I've got: Tu veux aller au magasin avec moi? Oui, je veux (bien). Tu penses qu'il reste du pain? Oui, je pense. Tu crois qu'il va pleuvoir? Oui, je crois.

I only see and hear le used when people are expressing a longer idea, like in the lesson example "Pauline pense vraiment que c'est bien de faire des études?" - "Oui, Pauline le pense vraiment." where a long clause is introduced that would have to be replaced by le in a response.

What do you think?

Asked 6 years ago

Joakim R.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Refering to ideas with en/y/leAs far as I understand, when refering to a phrase without repeating it, one uses "en" if it begins with "de", "y" if it begins with "à" and le/la/les otherwise. This rule failed me on the latest B1 writing challenge: "One day, I'm sure [of it]," -> "Un jour, je le/y/en suis certain," (I haven't even seen the phrase that le/y/en refers to yet, so how can I chose?). "the dead will come back to life" -> "les morts reviendront à vie". Ok, now we know what to be sure of: "Un jour, les morts reviendront à vie". That doesn't start with either à or de, so I guessed that "le" was the word to use in the first sentence, but the answer says "en", and I'm confused.

Asked 9 years ago

D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

Can you use, "Ça me n'est pas égal", to mean it does indeed bother you?

Asked 7 years ago

Susan H.A1Kwiziq community member

But inthe examples, “She is a good swimmer” “It is a pretty dress” &”That is the dress I wear to work” all seem specific why use C’est?I would think it would be il or elle. they just do not seem to be general things. The dress I wear to work is a specific dress

Asked 7 years ago

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Left for holidays - can you say "ils se sont en allés pour leurs vacances"

Asked 7 years ago

Catriona S.C1Kwiziq community member

Why do you not add an s to retourné when you say - vous y êtes retourné?I thought that when you use être the pp always agrees with the subject.

Asked 7 years ago

Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Je me suis fait brosser les cheveux. Comment ça se fait que la réponse soit dans le troisième personne singulier et ne pas dans la première personne singulier? J'ai écrit < Je me suis fais brosser les cheveux. J'ai dû manquer quelque chose. J'ai lu la leçon et je l'ai relu. Je ne peux pas le comprendre.

Asked 8 years ago

Keith Michael V.A1Kwiziq community member

Asking questions.

I have seen other French learning apps that ask questions by saying: Où est-ce que vous allez?

Which is correct: "Où vous allez?" OR "Où est-ce que vous allez?"?

If both are correct, when is one used over the other?

Asked 5 years ago

Mary Anne B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Adjective placement

"Excellent" was shown before and after the "journée" in the corrected answers.

"Délicieuse" was before"bûche."

Please explain this placement.

Asked 5 years ago

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