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D. A.B2Kwiziq community member

Existence of le in a sentence

Why is there "le" in the sentence: Tu révèles ton secret et nous révélons le notre.

Asked 6 years ago

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Rebecca L.C1Kwiziq community member

"Qu'aimez-vous?" means who or what?

How can you tell that the qu' in "Qu'aimez-vous?" means que rather than qui? I.e., why isn't it "who do you like?" instead of "what do you like?"

Asked 3 years ago

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Diego B.B1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

il a oublié?Il devait me rappeler, mais il a oublié !

Should this be "il l'a oublié"? It sounds weird without a direct object for oublier.

Asked 6 years ago

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Sue M.C1Kwiziq community member

Why is the future tense suggested and then not used in the given answer.?

Asked 8 years ago

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Ash M.C1Kwiziq community member

Hi Aurelie, could you tell me why the second vous is necessary in “Je veux que vous puissiez vous sentir comme chez vous”. Thx.

Asked 7 years ago

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Paul B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Nous allons aussi distribuer des confettis. La foule va adorer !

This dictée starts in passé composé, switches into futur proche, and then ends in imparfait. I am often confused by the use of tenses in French. Can you please explain the progression of tenses for telling this story? Thanks!

Asked 7 years ago

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Mary R.C1Kwiziq community member

I thought réunir was conjugated as an ´ir’ Verb.if it is conjugated as an ´ir’ verb The shouldn’t the third person plural in the present be réunirent and not réunissent? If it’s nor conjugated as ´ir’ then The explanation for it being irregular is not available. Does that make sens or have I missed something?

Asked 8 years ago

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Deborah K.B2Kwiziq community member

pour in future or the past.

In the lesson it says: In French, you use pour + [durée] only to express a duration in the future., however in Lawless French:

https://www.lawlessfrench.com/grammar/depuis-vs-il-y-a/?fbclid=IwAR2Yy7q_glAFPUv54NKv_xYP9EW4oqW84FTg9NIggZZ3CBgjSxE3JPbHAbc

Synonyms

Pour and pendant can replace depuis only when the verb is in the past tense.

J’étudiais pour / pendant quatre heures quand il a téléphoné. I’d been studying for four hours when he called.J’étais anxieux pour / pendant deux semaines. I’d been anxious for two weeks.

It seems to contradict this. So I am confused. Can someone clarify please.

Asked 5 years ago

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Mark P.C1Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Y or de.. is this why I get confused

Notice that to refer to a place previously mentioned in French, you use the pronoun y ('there').

I am struggling with this. It seems to confirm the meaning I learned many years ago but then it all gets contradicted when we get venir de... where de itself is taking on a different meaning and is being used as a conjunction instead of an article. Maybe we need to forget the translation as "there" and formulate the rule as en replaces de and y replaces à.. and place is irrelevant?

Asked 4 years ago

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Will s.A2Kwiziq community member

when to use aimer/adorerI'm still struggling to get my head around the nuances of aimer and adorer, even though I have read through the lesson a number of times. Can anyone suggest a useful additional resource to help me?

Asked 7 years ago

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