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William C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Couvrez-vous la tête! ?What is the English translation of Couvrez-vous la tête! ?

Asked 8 years ago

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Paul B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Thanks Chris. That's a little more confusing than I expected because it says in the lesson that aucun/aucune are always singular.I know this should be an answer to your question Chris but there is a bug in Kwiziq that sometimes doesn't all submitting new questions or answers.

Asked 8 years ago

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Paul S.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Manquer de + human attrbute ? To lack a human attrubute ?

I think what I'm about to ask is not possible with manquer de + thing, and I would like to confirm I am correct. Am I correct it is NOT possible to use manquer de + human attribute ?

Examples

I lack your warmth (in the emotional sense). Je manque de ton chaleur.

I lack your humour. Je manque de ton humour.

I have been told this doesn't really work in French, and I would be better off using avoir.

e.g Je n'ai pas ton chaleur. Je n'ai pas ton humour.

Any comments appreciated.

Paul.

Asked 7 years ago

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Kerry R.C1KwizIQ community member

Weekend challengeWhy is it "en Dordogne" rather than " à Dordogne"? I have bee learning " en," for countries and "à" for cities/towns. Is that not how it is?

Asked 9 years ago

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jennifer A.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

pourquoi ma chatte s'est-elle léchée la patte?

should there be a second 'e' on léchée in this case as the noun comes after the verb?

Asked 7 years ago

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tony w.C1KwizIQ community member

listening comprehension

My grammar comprehension through the quizzes is proceeding well. I am 1/2 way through A2; but my listening comprehension is lagging. I seem to be at A1 at best; very difficult to understand spoken french. Should i be spending more time on listening and less on grammar, or do i need the grammar (future anterior, simple past etc) to understand spoken conversations?thankstony

Asked 4 years ago

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Jim J.C1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Penser with tonic/stressed pronounsI'm not sure that it is correct to use a stressed pronoun for the first and second persons with the verb penser.

Is it correct to write "Je te pense" or to write "je pense à toi" ?

I suspect that the former could be misunderstood that the indirect object pronoun "te" might represent the preposition "de" and therefore change the intended meaning?

I'm thinking that we only use the stressed / tonic pronouns with the third person?

Can someone clear this matter up for me, please?

Asked 5 years ago

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Rene S.B2KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Ron, thanks. Sometimes you say "it's being repeated, therefore use c'est ". But in the case of Didier, its being repeated, so il is OK. IOW, I don't know when to use cest or il! What a struggle! You mentioned context. I made up all my examples. Could this lesson provide LOTS OF EXAMPLES WITHCONTELX CONTEXT? Maybe by reading dozens of context based examples, we learners may eventually get this difficult topic...

Asked 8 years ago

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Virginia Y.B2KwizIQ community member

Comment vs Quoi

The lesson says Quoi? is a bit abrupt. I did not think one would wish to abrupt to someone who said, "I love you," to me! In the test, you said Comment? was wrong.

Asked 3 years ago

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Neil H.C1KwizIQ community member

Why is “it’s a pretty dress” not considered to be referencing a specific thing and hence Elle est une jolie robe

Asked 7 years ago

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