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David C.B1KwizIQ community member

The use of “tiers” for Third World seems strange - I have never hear anything that made me think that Third World was a fraction as opposed to an additional category after The West and the Eastern Bloc - and thus I would have thought “troisième”

Asked 8 years ago

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Walter B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

"ca craint" (sorry, I don't seem to be able to activate the accent function ...)

I know I am a little old-fashioned about this, but even though "it sucks!" is used more and more frequently these days in colloquial American speech, I think it is still a fairly vulgar expression. Does "ca craint" have the same level of vulgarity as "ca suce" in French? I'm just curious.

Walter B.

Asked 7 years ago

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Frank C.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Petite cuillère vs. Cuillère à café

My dictionary offers both as a translation of teaspoon. Only the latter was accepted in this exercise. Is there a distinction? In English, a teaspoon is a smaller spoon, i.e. smaller than a tablespoon, used to eat with or to stir something. A teaspoon is also a unit of measurement. We use the same word for both. What about French ? Is there a difference between petite cuillère and cuillère à café ?

Asked 3 years ago

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M S P.B1KwizIQ community member

Country Name in French

Since the Czech Republic changed their name to Czechia, has the name in French changed? If so what is it? Has the gender changed?

Asked 5 years ago

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Paul B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Prescriptive versus descriptive EnglishI read the Q&A for this lesson on collective nouns and the discussion at https://progress.lawlessfrench.com/is-this-english-correct and I see where Kwiziq is coming from. However, it would clearer for many Engliish speakers if you left out the "how it is in English" versus "how it is in French" comparisons. There are too many interpretations of collective nouns in different forms of English, and many of us haven't learnt the English prescriptions, so we are probably making frequent mistakes in English. In other words, just give teach the French grammar.

Asked 8 years ago

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Heather W.C1KwizIQ community member

Passer par used with chez

When expressing the idea of passing by or popping into someone’s place is par always needed as well as chez? Examples in this lesson and the other on different uses of passer differ.

Elle est passée chez Laurent hier. She passed by Laurent’s place yesterday.

Yann passera par chez Laura après le travail. Yann will pass by Laura’s place after work.

Asked 7 years ago

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Joan C.A1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Why not "Je dois pratiquer beaucoup"?

Since the related verb is "pratiquer" and adverb always come after the verb (which is pratiquer)

Asked 6 years ago

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dave h.C1KwizIQ community member

the quiz gave the answer to "let's not be scared any more as "n'ayons" - why is it not "ne soyons"?

Asked 8 years ago