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Vicky G.C1Kwiziq community member

Why was the capital C of Ça accented ? I was taught in French France the capital letters are not accented but are in Canadian French.

Is this a Canadian French course? I want to be confident I'm learning French as used in France.

Asked 7 years ago

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Cheryl N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

how to say in French: "We should have been able to have gone there"3 verbs all in the past tense: how many past participles please? e.g. here's a guess of the translation: nous aurions dû pouvoir y être allés. correct?/incorrect? Merci ! Amicalement, Cheryl

Asked 9 years ago

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Tom G.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

favori vs préféré

Favori and préféré are adjectives that can mostly be used interchangeably, meaning favorite.

In what cases are they NOT interchangeable? When do you need to use one over the other?

Asked 4 years ago

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Praisenicole L.A0Kwiziq community member

The opposite of the word devant

Asked 6 years ago

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I. U.C1Kwiziq community member

Taille vs Pointure

Why did none of the answers for shoes size have the option pointure as a vocabulary choice? I thought you weren't supposed to use taille with shoe sizes.

Asked 5 years ago

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valentina p.A1Kwiziq community member

Bonjour! When shall I use habiter and when vivre? Oh, and when demeurer?

Asked 8 years ago

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alison g.C1Kwiziq community member

Imperative and the subjunctive Hi there I'm glad to see someone else ask the question about "ayons-en" above. I see Ron has replied but I'm still unclear as to why the subjunctive is used in the imperative of some verbs and not others. Is there a lesson on this? Many thanks Alison

Asked 8 years ago

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Glen L.C1Kwiziq community member

Meilleur vs MieuxI've checked this one using the Google translator and it agrees with me that the correct translation should be: Son copain est gentil mais le mien est meilleur (not mieux). Please explain.

Asked 8 years ago

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Christopher H.A1Kwiziq community member

Why not prendre rather than emmener

Asked 7 years ago

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Andrea N.B2Kwiziq community member

Is "élèves" interchangeable with "étudiants" ?

I am doing a writing challenge titled "its not my fault" where there was a translation required of "and my students are very creative" My response of "et mes étudiants peuvent ..." had "étudiants" crossed out and replaced with "élèves". I would appreciate knowing the rationale for this please?

Asked 5 years ago

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