French language Q&A Forum

Questions answered by our learning community with help from expert French teachers

14,815 questions • 32,093 answers • 987,071 learners

Ask a question

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level

Chris D.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

another vs. "an other"

I encountered this question in a quiz and got it wrong:

"Manon aime une autre personne." means:

Maybe I'm splitting hairs here, or the translation isn't quite literal in English, but the correct answer "Manon loves another person" seems to imply something different. I read this as "Manon loves [a different] person." To say that Manon loves another person implies to me that she may love more than one person. For example, if I said "J'ai une autre voiture," am I saying I have 2 cars now, or that I have a different/new car?

Asked 6 years ago

Like1Answer1

CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Difference between this and verb avec difficulté?

Asked 7 years ago

Like0Answer1

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

Like1Answer0

Mike H.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

mille et milliers

So when does one use mille and milliers de? Are they interchangeable?

Asked 5 years ago

Like0Answer1

Donald H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Henri faisait une sieste quand son patron est entré.Puis-je également écrire Henri était en train de faire une sieste quand son patron est entré? Est-ce que c'est possible d'écrire cette phrase comme je l'ai fais? Peut-être ça veut-dire quelque chose d'autre. Je ne sais pas.

Asked 8 years ago

Like0Answer1

Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Bonjour Aurélie

J'adore les bonbons ! - Oui, mais lesquels sont tes préférés ?

In this example can’t the answer be as-

‘Oui,mais lequel est ton préféré?’

How to judge whether the answer of lesquelles or lequel should be singular or plural ?

Pls confirm

Thnx a lot

Asked 7 years ago

Like0Answer2

Roy S.A2Kwiziq community member

In the sentence".....quand on fume....". "On" is translated as "people", I thought that "on" was singular.

Asked 7 years ago

Like0Answer1

Ergun S.A1Kwiziq community member

Are u plannin to add teachin videos for every lesoon?

Asked 7 years ago

Like0Answer1

Carl C.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

does "n'a pas eu a" mean "didn't have to"

I'm looking at the "Manon n'a pas eu a payer" as the translation of the English "Manon didn't have to pay." This translates literally but is it correct French. I would think "Manon didn't have to pay" would be something like "Manon n'a pas du a payer."

Asked 7 years ago

Like1Answer3

Paris K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

serais vs sois

Hi room and experts

Please explain why the selected être verb in this sentence is not written in the subjunctive 'Tu nous avais dit que tu n'y croyais pas, que tu serais satisfait avec la moyenne'. Why is it not rather 'n'y croyais pas que tu sois'?

Asked 6 years ago

Like0Answer1

Find your French level for FREE

And get your personalised Study Plan to improve it

Find your French level