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Jeff H.C1KwizIQ community member

“je vais faire les magasins” vs “je vais magasiner”

Can someone comment on if there is a difference - ie. in meaning or maybe simply a regional or proper grammar difference of saying the same thing? Thankyou

Asked 4 years ago

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Tom G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

What is the male version of page? It is not included here. I think it is pageboy or servant

Asked 6 years ago

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Ian T.A1KwizIQ community member

Why was I marked wrong for 'S'il te plaît' and the alternative was 'S'il vous plaît'?

I know they differ in formality, but they have the same basic meaning of 'please'. Much confusion!

Asked 6 years ago

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Alex S.B1KwizIQ community member

difference between

In the lesson:

Il faut une gomme pour effacer des erreurs.We need a rubber / eraser to erase mistakes.

What is the difference between above and:

Il nous faut une gomme pour effacer des erreurs.

? Is it simply a matter of formality or is it incorrect?

thanks

Asked 7 years ago

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Gwen S.B2KwizIQ community member

confusion

ahah, I see that a lot of people are having some trouble understanding the difference, as well as i.

I went a bit more simple, here are the sentences I'm confused with:

j'ai encore écris lui, mon prof codagej'ai de la chance parce que il a [le répondu]/[répondu lui] il y a deux jour

in the first sentence, I understand that I have to use indirect pronouns as I'm writing *to* [person]. However, this makes it kind of similar in the second sentence as he responded *to* it, but it can be easily confused with lui as I've already mentioned someone with the same type of subject? I'm just confused overall aaaa.

Asked 7 years ago

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Joe N.B1KwizIQ community member

ça est ou c'est

Can you say "ça est une idée brillant?

Asked 2 years ago

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Cheryl M.A1KwizIQ community member

Ok, in the examples on non-countable items, the English translation uses "some". E.g. Il achete du pain. He buys some bread. Similar question in the

Similar question in the quiz (instead a female buying coffee), but when I chose the "some" option (she buys some coffee), I was not granted the score. That's contradictory and confusing. Which is it? With the "some", or without?

Asked 7 years ago

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Carole G.C1KwizIQ Q&A regular contributor

Mourir versus y rester

This sentence was an example: Tu as failli y rester. The translation was you almost died.

Couldn't it also be Tu as failli mourir?

Asked 6 years ago

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william h.C1KwizIQ community member

Au cas ou /just au cas ou

What's the difference between juste au cas ou and au cas ou. Both seem to be translated as just in case?

Asked 2 years ago