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Nicki p.A0Kwiziq community member

When to use J'ai and je suis

Hi, I just did a test for dropping the ai part of j'ai when next to a vowel. I got this wrong but these examples were used.

J'ai vingt ans- I am 21

Je suis grand - I am tall

J'habite à Londre

Why does j'ai (i thought this means I have and je suis (I thought this meant I am) both have the translation of " I am

Asked 3 years ago

Mary M.C1Kwiziq community member

Je viens du pays-bas or je viens des pays-bas. Pays- bas singular or plural?

Asked 8 years ago

Jean W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

habituellement and d'habitudeCan these be used interchangeably ?

Asked 8 years ago

Imogen A.A1Kwiziq community member

Using the present tense like the past?

I've noticed a few examples of this in previous reading exercises where the present tense is used to describe the past. Ex "En France c'est Napoléon..." rather than, "En France, c'etait Napoléon...", even in the translation when you click on it translates that phrase in the present as 'In France it was Napoleon'. I can see that the following phrase uses the passé composé so I'm just not quite clear why those two phrases don't have to agree in their tenses?

Thanks :)

Asked 5 years ago

Lia T.A2Kwiziq community member

I hear 'quand même' so often. What does it mean exactly? Thank you.

Asked 10 years ago

Vikki B.C1Kwiziq community member

I hear merci bien a lot where I live, what is the difference between that and merci beaucoup?

Asked 7 years ago

Blake O.C1Kwiziq community member

Would you say t'en or tu en?

I put t'en for a question and it said it was wrong

Asked 7 years ago

diana b.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Asked 9 years ago

Brian E.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

“tel que” structure agreement ruleMore of an observation than a question (as I’ve investigated this a little myself now), but I felt that “ainsi que dans certains domaines d'activité, tels que l'administration ou la santé.“ is a great line to illustrate that the generic “tel que” structure agrees with “domaines (nm.pl)” and therefore is “tels que” in the exercise text. It is not “telles que” because it does not align with the examples that follow it (in this case, two feminine words, “administration/santé”).

Asked 2 years ago

Cameron T.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ne pas + infinitiveWhat is the difference between "ne touchez pas" and "ne pas toucher"? This verb is just an example. I think it was at a fuel station they had a sign that said: Ne pas fumer. Why is ne pas sometime in front of the infinitive and other times around a conjugated form of the verb?

Asked 8 years ago

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