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Sherry M.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Are "car" and "parce que" interchangeable?

I was marked wrong for writing "... car les activités y sont plus ..." in the fourth sentence.

Asked 7 years ago

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Frank S.C1KwizIQ community member

I was taught "faire une visite" and it was in textbooks. What happened to this expression?

Asked 8 years ago

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Gary B.A2KwizIQ community member

TestimonialHow di I provide a testimonial to your great site?

Asked 9 years ago

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Chris D.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

another vs. "an other"

I encountered this question in a quiz and got it wrong:

"Manon aime une autre personne." means:

Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, or the translation isn't quite literal in English, but the correct answer "Manon loves another person" seems to imply something different. I read this as "Manon loves [a different] person." To say that Manon loves another person implies to me that she may love more than one person. For example, if I said "J'ai une autre voiture," am I saying I have 2 cars now, or that I have a different/new car?

Asked 6 years ago

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Annette O.B1KwizIQ community member

Il fait du soleil?"Case of il fait du soleil or Il fait soleil: This seems to be presented as idiomatic in a lot of French learning methods, and to be perfectly honest, some French people use it. However, it is not good French and still sounds clunky and child-like to many French ears (including mine!).
Il fait should always be followed by an adjective, and il y a used with nouns."

Isn't saying "Il fait du soleil" saying 'it is sunny?' Sunny being an adjective?

Asked 4 years ago

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