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Jerry C.C1KwizIQ community member

Au cas où + conditionnel

Then you put 2 examples that do NOT use the conditionnelle. I am now totally confused.

Then you use juste sometimes and not others with no explanation.

Please explain full.

Asked 7 years ago

Kevin C.B1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Example "Nous étions restés bons amis..."

Regarding this example:

Nous étions restés bons amis, jusqu'à ce qu'il la rencontre.We'd remained good friends, until he met her.

...should it not be

Nous étions restés bons amis, jusqu'à ce qu'il l'a rencontrée.

...?

Asked 7 years ago

Drew B.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

What in the Lilt?

Why does the young woman have a lilt on words at the end of her phrases? Is that a cultural thing? It reminds me of a California "valley girl" accent...

Asked 6 years ago

Megan H.C1KwizIQ community member

difference between tant de and tellement de

I was just wondering if there is much difference between 'tant de' and 'tellement de'?

The example in the passage is 'à tant de coups de fil'. I answered 'à tellement de coups de fil'. Is there a slightly different meaning or is there a rule?

Asked 5 years ago

Faithandrews L.A0KwizIQ community member

I got confused as scared when I studied the lesson, then started understanding the topic at the beginning of the video. but.....

but towards the ending of the video, everything got even more confusing.

Asked 7 years ago

Shrey R.A1KwizIQ Q&A super contributor

Doubt in qui/que

Bonjour Cécile,

In the sentence-

"Les profs qui nous accompagnent sont très sympas."

Madame,

Is it correct to use "que/qui" as qui is either followed by a verb or a reflexive pronoun. And que is followed by a noun or subject pronoun.

Here nous is a subject pronoun,then why 'qui' is used?

Merci d'avance.

Asked 7 years ago

Rob L.C1KwizIQ community member

Clarification of grammar guideline from the lessonI don't understand the following guideline given in the lesson: "If the main verb is NOT used with negations, then you CANNOT use the ne explétif." Could you possibly clarify?

Asked 7 years ago

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 8 years ago

Bill C.C1KwizIQ community member

I will pass on it

The reflexive form is commonly used in English as "I will pass on it." So your examples:

Je vais me passer de pain pendant une semaine.I´m going to go without bread for a week.Instead it could be translated: I'm going to pass on bread for a week.
Or a simpler form: Q. Would you like another drink? A. I'll pass.

Asked 6 years ago

Richard B.A1KwizIQ community member

Je trouve ces exercices d'écoute du français parlé très utiles. Merci de les avoir inclus!

Asked 7 years ago

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