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Alan M.C1Kwiziq community member

Use of ‘femme’ for both woman and wife

« ma femme préfère… » would ´mon épouse´ ever be used. Femme as both woman and wife sounds a bit old fashioned while a man gets to be ´homme and mari ‘

Asked 2 years ago

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Gayle P.C1Kwiziq community member

How about aider? Would one say Aidez-lui or Aidez-le? I've seen it both ways.

Asked 8 years ago

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Arash F.C1Kwiziq community member

Should we say "Je lui pense" instead of "Je pense à elle"?

Asked 8 years ago

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Olivia H.B1Kwiziq community member

What's the difference between saying de chance and de la chance? As in the examples above where with je there is no la and with nous there is a la?

Asked 9 years ago

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Melody S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

une douzaine = ?I looked this up in Larousse online, and Collins Fr/En dictionary online. I was trying to figure out how to say "I want a dozen eggs" instead of "I want about a dozen eggs". --- http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais/douzaine/26535 douzaine [duzεn] nom féminin 1. [douze] dozen 2. [environ douze] une douzaine de a dozen, around twelve une douzaine d'escargots a dozen snails une douzaine de pages about ou roughly twelve pages ---------------------------- http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/dizaine English translation of douzaine douzaine (duzɛn ) Translations feminine noun (= 12) "dozen" " ⇒ une douzaine d'œufs" "a dozen eggs" (= environ 12) une douzaine "a dozen or so" une douzaine de "about twelve", "a dozen or so" une douzaine de personnes "about twelve people" --------------------------------------------------------------- From above: une douzaine d'escargots a dozen snails (Larousse) une douzaine d'œufs a dozen eggs (Collins) (Unfortunate that both items start with vowels, thus d' instead of de. I doubt that makes a difference between "about a dozen" and "a dozen.) -------------------------------------------------------------- Help appreciated her. Thanks.

Asked 9 years ago

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Ayanda I.A0Kwiziq community member

Use of "as" and "es"

What is the difference between "es" and "as"?

Asked 6 years ago

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Steve T.A2Kwiziq community member

I don't see "Ou vas tu?". Is that considered very informal or wrong?

Asked 8 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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Stewart H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Pourrais-je avoir un peu de lait? Why is it not 'du lait' as in "pourrais-je avoir du lait?"

Asked 8 years ago

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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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