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H. A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

"... bien que je ne sois pas d'accord" vs "... bien que je n'étais pas d'accord"My question follows Janine's.

In English there may be a difference in meaning between "You went out even though I wasn't ok with it" and "You went out even though I'm not ok with it"; I might have changed my mind in the interim: "You went out even though I wasn't ok with it [, but now I am ok with it]." Wouldn't this second sense require the imperfect rather than the subjunctive in modern French: "... bien que je n'étais pas d'accord"?

Asked 4 years ago

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Emma C.B1Kwiziq community member

Ma tortue s'appelle Caroline

What if the turtle pet is male, and its name is Marc. Would it be "Mon tortue s'appelle Marc"

Same goes to cow, the word "vache" is feminine, if we want to say a male cow, would it be "un vache"?

Asked 5 years ago

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mark b.A1Kwiziq community member

Espèrer and the Subjonctif Hello,

According to some text books the verb espérer is not used in the subjunctive, only in the negative sense eg je n’espere pas que .... is this correct, and if not is this a rare occurrence? Thanks so much in advance and for having such a great learning platform for French. Mark

Asked 6 years ago

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Caroline W.B1Kwiziq community member

l'adjectif Incroyable devant le nom

pourquoi est incroyable devant la vue

Asked 4 years ago

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Michael B.B2Kwiziq community member

Why the 'le'?Nous paraissons plus jeunes que nous le sommes.

Why the 'le'?

Asked 6 years ago

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Judy V.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Note that to form the Superlative of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlative of adjectives, EXCEPT you only use the definite article le plus / le moNote that to form the Superlative of adverbs, it is similar to the Superlative of adjectives, EXCEPT you only use the definite article le plus / le moins (there is NO agreement with adverbs, as they have NO gender). But one of the examples uses "au":Je le ferai jeudi au plus tard.
I'll do it on Thursday at the latest.

Asked 7 years ago

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Shrey R.A1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Should it not be la mieux?

Asked 7 years ago

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Christopher N.Kwiziq community member

Speed comprehension

I am using this as review but, maybe with a disclaimer you should offer at a slow and a native speed. I think that peoples ears and brains need to learn that language at native speed. Some overwhelming noncomprehension to help people realize how real language acquisition works. Maybe you do this for subscribers or something and I'm not too familiar with your services yet

Asked 5 years ago

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Scott N.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

A mistake in the lesson?

In the lesson it states: "A rarer occurence is when ainsi que is followed by a conjugated verb (in the Indicative) to express (just) as", however, the example uses the Imparfait:

"Tout se passe ainsi que je l'avais prévu."

There would seem to be a mismatch here ... could you please shed some light on this?

regards, Scott

Asked 7 years ago

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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

bad questionElle pardonne à Paul et elle .....(forgives us) I thought about this question and as far as I know either elle pardonne à nous or elle nous pardonne would be correct. I chose elle pardonne à nous thinking it was parallel structure, but it was marked incorrect. Tell me how I should have known the correct response.

Asked 8 years ago

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