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David S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Farmhouse

The writing challenge "A few days in Dordogne" expected "ferme" for "farmhouse" and rejected "maison de ferme".

Why is that?

Asked 7 years ago

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D. T.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Backwards

I seem to be going backwards, losing confidence by the day with this lesson. Very disappointed in the content and exercises. This system of questions seems to be hurting me more than helping,

It’s like the rules change every time I read this lesson.

Regretting paying for a whole year.......

Asked 6 years ago

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Eric D.C1Kwiziq community member

A question about the English

I have a point to make about the English. It involves a very common mistake. When using a gerund it should be modified by an adjective. From the examples above: It has been a day without him eating is not correct, it should be; It has been a day without his eating. He came without your knowing. I won`t leave without your kissing me goodbye. etc.

Asked 5 years ago

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Patricia E.B2Kwiziq community member

Last days versus last days of the year - "dernier"Regarding "Les derniers jours de l'année sont toujours plus courts." and, "Les jours derniers, j'étais un peu malade." I'm unsure about the reasoning for the positioning of derniers in the second sentence. Is it because they are not "final" days because that would imply that the person is dying and the sentence says there are only a little sick so therefore dernier goes after jours?

Asked 8 years ago

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ron, thanks. Sometimes you say "it's being repeated, therefore use c'est ". But in the case of Didier, its being repeated, so il is OK. IOW, I don't know when to use cest or il! What a struggle! You mentioned context. I made up all my examples. Could this lesson provide LOTS OF EXAMPLES WITHCONTELX CONTEXT? Maybe by reading dozens of context based examples, we learners may eventually get this difficult topic...

Asked 8 years ago

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S. M.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

toute chaude? I had "tout chaude", with tout an adverb modifying the adjective chaude. And why "le goûter" rather than 'la goûter"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

faire les coursesMy dictionary gives the expression as faire des courses. Are both right?

Asked 8 years ago

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Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Various verb tenses

Hello, i'm probably getting ahead of myself (only been studying French for 2 months) but wanted to see if anyone would be willing to let me know if I'm correct or not on below conjugations.

I ate = j'ai mangé

I was eating / used to eat = je mangaisI should eat = je devrais mangerI will eat = je mangeraiI should not eat = je ne devrais pas mangerI will have eaten = j'aurai mangéI will not have eaten yet = je n'aurai pas mangé encoreI had eaten = j'avais mangéI had not eaten yet = je n'avais mangé encoreI have to eat = je doit mangerI can't eat right now = je ne peux pas manger maintenant/tout de suite?I should have eaten = j'aurais pas dû mangerIt seems in general that "should" future uses conditional present and "should" future uses conditional past.I apologize in advance if this is too much for a single post :(

Asked 7 years ago

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Xara K.A0Kwiziq community member

fait ou fais

why is it fais instead of fait

Asked 2 years ago

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Jack I.C1Kwiziq community member

Using merci de.....

I'm reading an example using merci de with an action already done. It says to use Merci de + [Infinitif Passé] and gives the following example: