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Jocelyn A.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is there a ‘y’ in this sentence?

Il ne joue pas souvent au foot, et toi ? -Je n'y joue pas souvent non plus.

I don’t play often either.

This is one of the examples above.

Asked 7 years ago

Reem G.A1Kwiziq community member

Is the plus-ques parfait the same as Passé composé?

In the sense that in être verbs, additions such as e, s, es are made when nscessary? For example:

Passé Composé:

Je suis sortie ( I am a girl)

would Plus-que parfait be:

J'étais sortie or J'étais sorti?

Asked 7 years ago

Oldrich G.A1Kwiziq community member

Can I skip the cities/countries lessons till later?I've been doing your excellent course for almost a week. For me, the dynamic algorithmic quizzes are a superb feature. I believe in "Active recall", as used in Anki.

I'm still in the "initial enthusiasm" stage, where I try to take maximum advantage of the initial surge, before gradually levelling off to a normal rate.

On today's dashboard, I notice that there are five recommended lessons relating to countries, cities, and so on.

I'm striving to think of a reason why it would be great to know, for example, "la Cornouailles". I suppose if I were in France, and someone asked me if I came from "la Cornouailles", I could say "Oui", or possibly "Non".

I've worked in five countries having five different language. (That's why I now speak and write very short sentences. Sorry about that.) I don't recall ever needing to know the name of a different country, or a town in a different country.

So, is it possible for me to simply postpone these lessons until later? Would that screw up my Dashboard? If I do the quizzes quickly by giving the first anwer that occurs to me, would that confuse the bot?

Thanks.

Asked 7 years ago

Dragana E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Quel/Qu'est-ce qu* - ?

In writing challenge "Problems at the hotel" - Quel est le problème?

I wrote "Qu'est-ce qui est le problème? - can this be correct as well?

Asked 7 years ago

Janet K.B1Kwiziq community member

Is this right

Les nouveaux voisins sont arrives.

Les nouvelles voisines sont arrives.

Sorry I can't work the accent for arrives.

Asked 7 years ago

Michelle S.C1Kwiziq community member

Can you use ne ... que in front of an infinitive?

Asked 7 years ago

John B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

In the example in which they sweep the floor before we come, why is it nous ne venions instead of nous venions? Why is ne there?

Asked 7 years ago

Maarten K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Arrêter de and cesser de - both correct

Cesser de fumer gets the red line.

On the other hand, « déborder » is suggested as an alternative to « occuper » for 'busy' - « déborder » seems a bit strong for just 'busy'.

Asked 5 years ago

Glen C.A2Kwiziq community member

I am a little confused with the section 'gift you a 15 euro voucher'; in English we would say give you a 15 euro gift voucher, which then seems to translate more literally into the french equivalent in the text. Why has it be phrased gift you a ...?

Asked 6 years ago

Kay C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Si versus tellement

Both si and tellement are used for so. Are thee interchangeable or is there a preferred context for use?

Asked 4 years ago

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