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Andrew F.C1KwizIQ community member

3rd person plural possessive for a plural nounThere was a question on a recent quiz as follows: "Il faut qu'ils obtiennent leur permis de conduire," with English translation something like "They have to get their driving license." The quiz question was about the subjunctive of obtenir (which I got right), but I am just wondering about the use of leur rather than leurs. Translated strictly, I suppose leur is correct, but in both English and French I would have thought "their driving licenses = leurs permis de conduire" would be more accurate, since they each need to have their own license, not a single license among them? Thank you very much in advance. Kind regards.

Asked 8 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 7 years ago

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M. M.A2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Sound the same?Is there any difference in pronunciation between Ils s'assoient and Il
s'assoit if the following word starts with a consonant? If not, how can you tell which is meant if the context doesn't make it clear?

Asked 7 years ago

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Bonnie Y.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

English in wrong tense in this example

Il ne t'a pas appelé de peur que tu ne luiraccroches au nez.
He didn't call you for fear that you may hung up on him.

should be might hang up...

Asked 8 years ago

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Denise D.B1KwizIQ community member

I am always having trouble in the placement of “toujours”. I don’t get the placement in “ elle trouvait toujours”. My brain sees this as backward.

And yet sometimes I see the placement in the same order as in English. For example, in the last sentence, “I have always wanted.....” this is exactly as it would be in English. Any tips for me to figure out where to place “toujours” in a sentence?

Asked 7 years ago

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Melissa G.A0KwizIQ community member

Je viens de Kansas City. Does Kansas City have a French pronunciation or do I say it the way I would in English?

Asked 8 years ago

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Deng B.A1KwizIQ community member

what is the difference between mille and millier de

Could I chose freely which one to use or there are some circumstance need to be consider?

Asked 2 years ago

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Robert F.C1KwizIQ community member

Does -battu really have an irregular past participle

This lesson has me scratching my head with the simple question - why is it here? One of the very few things I remember from O level french (failed) was that regular past participles form ER>é, IR>i and RE>u so to my way of thinking battre follows the regular rule. Maybe this is because french is taught differently in France than it was in England 40 years ago, I remember reading somewhere that the french don't have the same concept of group 3 (-RE) verbs but have several smaller groups including -DRE.

Asked 6 years ago

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Richard R.C1KwizIQ community member

use of exiger

why not use "exiger" for require, demand. ça demand = ça exige ?

Asked 6 years ago

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Marie O.A1KwizIQ community member

Are you saying that that is the incorrect way to conjugate it?

Asked 8 years ago

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