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dernier l.B1Kwiziq community member

“Put down that phone! Making doe eyes with a screen in-between, if that worked, we would know!” what does this mean? I don’t even understand the English translation.

Asked 7 years ago

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Robert S.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Soit comma usage

In your first two examples I see: "soit du fromage, soit un dessert" and then "j'aimerais soit une tablette soit un nouveau portable." I've looked to no avail to find an explanation for the usage/non-usage of a comma in the two phrases. Could you please elucidate?

Asked 6 years ago

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Sue H.C1Kwiziq community member

S'il vous plaît/ merci

Way back in the dim, distant past when I first started learning French, I think I remember being told that to accept an offer, you say "s'il vous plaît" and to decline, you use 'merci".

Eg.: Voulez-vous un verre de vin? Oui, s'il vous plaît./ Non, merci.

I think we also learnt that if you simply replied "merci", it would be understood as declining the offer.

Is this correct?

Asked 3 years ago

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Anne R.C1Kwiziq community member

I can meet her today

I can meet her today = je peux la rencontrer aujourd'hui.

Why do we use "la" instead of "lui'? I'm confused as to when to use le and lui, la and lui. What's the difference?

Asked 7 years ago

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Tom K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Dictée : Le bonnet phrygien

Deux petites coquilles se sont glissées dans ce texte :

le mot « traditionnelle » a été écrit avec un seul « n » tandis que « la République française » a été rendue comme « la République Française »

Asked 6 years ago

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CrystalMaiden 7.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

So French doesn't have " should have, " it has " I've had to + verb. " Maybe this should be mentioned in the lesson, because once you read the French sentences as " I've had to " etc, it makes it a lot easier.

Asked 7 years ago

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ken g.B1Kwiziq community member

Imperfect vs plu perfect

In several of your test question you have the verb of (had)plus the verb which understood to be plu perfect and not imparfait. Now please explain how you are going to differentiate?

Asked 6 years ago

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Subrato C.A2Kwiziq community member

Isn't 'lui' used for 'him' and 'elle' for 'her'? Then why 'Il lui envoie deux mille roses' is translated as He sends her two thousand roses.

Asked 7 years ago

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Martin O.C1Kwiziq community member

Using the present in French to express the future.

Asked 7 years ago

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