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Shrey R.A1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

French proverb - Tout ce qui brille n’est pas or.

Asked 6 years ago

M. W.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

My dictionary gives énorme for huge. Is there a particular reason for using immense instead?

Asked 6 years ago

Mena S.C1Kwiziq community member

Are these negativ forms correct and common?

Tu ne t'es pas levé à 5 heures?

Laurent ne s'est-il pas couché à onze heures ?

Paul ne se brosse-t-il pas les dents?

Thank you!

Asked 5 years ago

Patricia H.A1Kwiziq community member

Owing to Brexit, it is taking well over 2yrs. to get to the interview for naturalisation and then another very long wait to hear if you are successful

Asked 6 years ago

Bill A.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

how about being from a state or country? Are they all « de » somehow I can’t find lessons talking about from somewhere other than cities. Is it:?

je viens de Californie

je viens de États-Unis.

Merci d’aVance

Asked 6 years ago

M. F.A1Kwiziq community member

My second question on the test referred to Devonshire, which I assumed to be feminine. After taking the test, I found an explanation that all English countries ending in shire are masculine, but I don't believe it was mentioned in the material of the lesson before the test. If I'm correct that is was not explained beforehand, it doesn't seem like a good question.

Asked 6 years ago

chris w.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Could you contrast the use of quelqu'un with personne please? is that latter used in negative sentences only?

Asked 6 years ago

Hà Thu Đ.A2Kwiziq community member

Les VS des in general things

There's a lesson saying that we use le/la/les with general things. However, in a writing practise, the sentence "when it's hot, I prefer to eat mixed salads" is translated as "quand il fait chaud, je prefere manger des salades composees", why do we use "des" (meaning some) here instead of "les" (meaning salads in general)?

Asked 5 years ago

Aaron G.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

"Complètera" and "complétera" — are both spellings acceptable, or just one?The quiz at the end of this lesson requires "complètera" and doesn't accept "complétera" even though the lesson says that both spellings are acceptable. I'm aware of the spelling reform, and am content to use the modern version, but the quiz just seems to contradict the lesson. Am I missing something?

I tried reporting this as a problem, but was redirected back here to submit it as a question to the French experts, so here I am.

Asked 5 years ago

G B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Re - not being able to use a conjugated verb after le lendemain.

The following sentence is given as an example in a dictionary explanation for "le lendemain".

"Il a été décrété que le lendemain serait un jour férié".

Is this sentence grammatically incorrect because it uses the conjugated verb serait after le lendemain?

Asked 6 years ago

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