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Michael D.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

L'inversion du sujet et verbe

Je comprendais des autres professeurs que l'inversion est utilisé moins que 1% du temps à l'oral car c'est trop soutenu, très formelle. Si c'est vrai, pourquoi n'acceptiez les deux formes plus utilisé: "Est-ce-que ..." et l'indicatif normal avec un point d'interrogation ?

Et oui, je sais que l'inversion est utilisée plus fréquent dans les journaux et en géneral en écrivant.

Ou, peut-etre mieux, vous pourriez constater que même que les inversions sont utilisées peu fréquent à l'oral, toutes ces questions utilise l'inversion du sujet et verbe.

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom K.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Aucun(e) des deuxIs "aucune des deux ne vient" a valid alternative to "ni l'une ni l'autre ne vient"?

Asked 8 years ago

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Karen G.C1KwizIQ community member

Translation of Oh! J'ai regardé ça aussi hier.

Two of the three options for this were "Oh! I watched this one yesterday too" and "Oh! I watched it yesterday too." I selected the first option, because "ça" is a demonstrative pronoun, not a personal pronoun. But the microquiz said that "I watched IT" was the correct selection. I was happier when I went to an explanation, because there, the translation was "I watched THAT." Should "ça" ever be translated as "it"? I'm sure this is nitpicky, but I'm a linguist fluent in Spanish, and the details matter to me!

Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Jb A.A0KwizIQ community member

J'habite à HokkaidoC'est tres magnifique

Asked 10 years ago

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nicole r.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Beaucoup vs très

Hello,

I noticed when using the word beaucoup it can also mean very besides to mean a lot. Do you only use beaucoup with the preposition de after it to mean very? For example Elle a beaucoup de la chance au casino.

Thank you

Nicole

Asked 5 years ago

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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Telling the time.In English we often phrases like " quarter past", "five past" , "five to" by themselves when referring to time. Consider the situation when everyone knows it is about say six o'clock and we are all waiting for the bus or the train to arrive. Someone may ask "When is the next bus?" and someone will informally answer "five past". Everyone knows what this means. Is there an equivalent in French? Or do we have to say it formally " (Il est six heures cinq)

Asked 9 years ago

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Jacqui P.A1KwizIQ community member

If yeux is plural, why isn't the adjective?

I thought adjectives were supposed to agree with nouns, but les yeux is plural yet the correct word for the phrase about Yves having browns eyes was marron, not marrons. Can anyone explain why this is?

Asked 6 years ago

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Dragana E.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

It's easy to Conjugate - être in Plus -que-parfait

Hi, you say - être in Présent indicatif + [past participle] for Plus-que-Parfait

is it not L'imparfait of être + pas participle?

Merci d'avance

Dragana

Asked 7 years ago

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Shadi M.A0KwizIQ community member

Je viens d'Amman