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G. D.C1KwizIQ community member

Completer vs terminer

Can you say "après avoir terminé son diplôme"?

Asked 3 years ago

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Victoria Lange C.C1KwizIQ community member

Abbreviation of TA or TON.....

Why wouldn't you abbreviate ta or ton to t' before a vowel?

Asked 5 years ago

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Jordan C.A0KwizIQ community member

not a question, just saying hi

Je M'appelle Jordan, Je viens du Texas!

Asked 6 years ago

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J. C.A2KwizIQ community member

Q:"''Nous sommes professeurs.'' Who can be speaking?" A: "Georges" - Why?I understand about mixed gender and singular/plurals, but this strikes me as a misleading question - the other options were the standard mix of genders, but I would assume if only person was speaking (Georges), then the question means who is this referring to, not speaking, and so this would not be a correct answer.
I don't think this is a case of misunderstood grammar, just a poorly phrased question. What I think the writer had in mind was that just George was speaking, and was referring to himself and someone else, but the other answers all imply one person speaking, unless two people were speaking at exactly the same time (unlikely!), e.g. "Georges and Fiona".

Anyone care to shed light on the matter before I report?

Asked 7 years ago

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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

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Michael R.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Qu'est-ce que c'estWhy is Qu'est-ce que prefered over Qu'est-ce que c'est for what is the louvre. Infact Qu'est-ce que c'est was marked wrong.

Asked 8 years ago

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Brian H.C1KwizIQ community member

How near is near future? In the words of a song, demain matin je partirai.

Asked 9 years ago

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Carol W.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

celebrer accent change

so is it that celebrer has the changing accent on the second e even though it is not e-er verb but an etwo letters er verb?

Asked 5 years ago

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Ron F.C1KwizIQ community member

Is there going to be an in depth lesson on the prepositions “de” “a” or no preposition?

Asked 7 years ago

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Michael H.A0KwizIQ community member

translation of "lors du"Looking at the sentence: Lors du Congres organisé(...clause), un très large majorité des cent quatre vingt huite members se prononce pour l'etabissement d'une monarchie constitutionnelle. I would translate this as "whilst the congress organised, a very large majority decided on the establishment of... So would have anticipated "Lorsque le Congres..." or "Quand le Congrès..." Where as "Lors du..." seems to have the meaning "While the..." "During the..." ...so the definite article seems not needed... can anyone clarify the use of "Lors du..." here I wonder...? Best regards, Michael

Asked 5 years ago

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