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Michelle P.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Ce dont, tout ce dont??

Do you have any lessons about ce done and tout ce dont planned at this time? I'm have a lot of trouble with those.

Asked 7 years ago

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Tom K.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Dictée : Le bonnet phrygien

Deux petites coquilles se sont glissées dans ce texte :

le mot « traditionnelle » a été écrit avec un seul « n » tandis que « la République française » a été rendue comme « la République Française »

Asked 6 years ago

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Earl T.C1Kwiziq community member

arrêter vs s'arrêter and "we all cross fingers" vs "we cross all our fingers"

For I haven't stopped all day..., shouldn't one say, "Je n'ai pas m'arrêté une minute... (i.e., i haven't stopped myself). Isn't arrêter alone mean arrêter + qqch ? Or in the case it is implying "Je n'ai pas m'arrête (+faire qqch) so the reflexive is not used.

Also in French is there a way to distinguish: 1) We are all keeping our fingers crossed, and 2) We are keeping all our fingers crossed? (or in general: We are all selling our qqch vs. We are selling all of our qqch where qqch is a masculine noun? ).

Asked 5 years ago

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S. N.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

is it just me or does the audio say "tard" rather than "retard"?

Asked 7 years ago

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D. A.A2Kwiziq community member

How is it "lui" here? Please helpQu'est-ce qui est arrivé à Elsa ? - Tom ________a volé ses bonbons !The correct answer is LUI, I marked La

Tom has stolen "her" chocolates (la)Tom has stolen "to her" chocolates (LUI)

Please help me

Asked 7 years ago

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Lorraine M.A2Kwiziq community member

pendant vs il y a- confused!

Are both of these sentences correct?

il est parti il y a trois semaines (he left 3 weeks ago)

il est parti pendant trois semaines (he has been gone for 3 weeks)

Asked 5 years ago

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R. S.B2Kwiziq community member

Same problem for "I only DID my homework." As opposed to EATING my homework? Lol!

Asked 7 years ago

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David P.C1Kwiziq community member

position of "jamais rien" relative to "dit"Hi,

I am not clear about the position of "jamais rien" in these sentences below. Sentence #1 is listed as the correct answer - but it seems that the order of "jamais rien" in the second sentence is similar to examples shown in the lesson.

SENTENCE #1 Il ne dit jamais rien à personne.

SENTENCE #2 (my answer) Il ne jamais rien dit à personne.

Help, please! Thanks

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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Brian B.B1Kwiziq community member

It looks like there's a problem in the third box (second green one). The text makes no sense.This doesn't make sense and it doesn't include any example!
"In order to turn a sentence from active to passive voice, the tense of the auxiliary be must be the Saami have the tense of the verb hand of the active sentence.
For example:"

Asked 8 years ago