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Paula B.C1Kwiziq community member

Hi there

Headline from this morning's 'Le Monde' :

Les questions (pas si bêtes) que vous vous posez sur la température en hiver

What does 'pas si bêtes 'mean ?

thanks. Paula

Asked 8 years ago

Winston K.C1Kwiziq community member

Can we say 'comment vont-ils vos enfants' ?

I had a test question to fill in the blanks: comment ___ vos enfants?

I put : vont-ils

The answer is : vont

I don't understand why I am wrong. If so, how to express the same meaning with inverted question? Thanks.

Asked 5 years ago

Allen B.C1Kwiziq community member

Using on in a general context

Asked 7 years ago

Claudia A.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Salut a tous

Tu ne sais pas qui l'a fait. You don't know who did it.

and

Je ne sais pas ce qui se passe. I don't know what's going on.

We have here QUI as who and QUI as what.

How do I know to use QUI rather than QUE for what

Merci

Asked 6 years ago

Arndis K.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

This is more of a comment than a question: I found it a bit frustrating that the quiz is about something other than what was just taught above. The lesson is about when to use QUI and not QUE, but the quiz requires me to also know when to use QUI and when to use CE QUI, which is taught elsewhere.

Asked 7 years ago

Rayan A.B2Kwiziq community member

Why not use the limparfait?

Asked 8 years ago

aarthi S.B2Kwiziq community member

So theres no liaison for nous, vous forms. When we say 'nous haissons', we shouldnt stress the 's' in nous?

Asked 7 years ago

Deborah E.C1Kwiziq community member

I have trouble understanding when to use les and when to use des when you don't use an article in English. For example, it is j'ai les yeux bleus but je porte des lunettes. I have found the same problem in other exercises. For example, j'aime les salades but je mange des salades avec des framboises. Is there a simple rule to tell when I should use les and when I should use des when I wouldn't use anything in English. Thanks so much.

Asked 6 years ago

Max K.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Le Robert versus itself.............

Le Robert on line gives two examples of "de peur que" - one with and one w/o ne expletif. I'll think that in another lesson on your site, you do not recommend using ne with de peur que

4 par peur de ;de peur de ;(VX) Peur de.« Je me presse de rire de tout, de peur d'être obligé d'en pleurer » (Beaumarchais).▫ De, par peur que (et subj.).« Elle me renvoyait par peur que je la fatigue » (Proust). Il la retenait de peurqu'elle ne s'enaille.

© 2018 Dictionnaires Le Robert - Le Petit Robert de la langue française

Asked 7 years ago

Melissa P.A1Kwiziq community member

J'ai rendu visite à ma soeur. visiter is conjugated? I thought it was J'ai rendu visiter à ma soeur.

Asked 6 years ago

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