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Ann H.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

les vs des

In the sentence: Moi qui mangeais que des plats à emporter, why is it correct to use des vs les? My reasoning is that we are talking generally...therefore I used les.

Asked 6 years ago

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Rene S.B2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

using c'est and ce sont instead of il est, elle est, ils sont

Les tomates... ce sont les dernières.

I am trying to understand why we are using ce sont les...

Is it because of the rule that says "c'est/ce sont" before "un, le, les, and possessive pronouns"?

Thank you.

Asked 6 years ago

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Drew B.C1Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Préparée?

"et je m'étais préparé une journée aux petits oignons."

Since the speaker/narrator is clearly a women, wouldn't the sentence be...

"et je m'étais préparée une journée aux petits oignons." ???

Asked 6 years ago

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Adrian F.C1Kwiziq community member

Peut-on untiliser venir part de "venir de + inf" au temps a part le present?

Par example, pour exprimer une action qui s'est passée juste avant une autre, pouvons-nous dire:

"ils étaient venus d'arriver quand la pluie s'est arretée"

Asked 6 years ago

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Karen G.B1Kwiziq community member

Why is the imperfect wrong here? We don't know from the English whether it was a one off or a repeated actionMarc ne jouait qu'au foot

Asked 7 years ago

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emre can c.A2Kwiziq community member

The cases of "parvenir" and "convenir"

What is the conjugation of two derivatives of "venir", "parvenir" and "convenir" in Le Passé Composé?

Asked 4 years ago

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alexandra c.C1Kwiziq community member

Ignorer vs Tenir en compte

I thought "ignorer" was one of those false friends and actually meant "not to know" rather than "ignore".

Can you clarify? Thanks.

Asked 6 years ago

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Jan K.A2Kwiziq community member

What's the difference between emménager and déménager

Asked 7 years ago

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Isaac E.A1Kwiziq community member

C'est vs Il (Elle) estOne of the Kwizes has the question: "Tu aimes l'école? Oui, ______ est très bien." Both "c'est" and "elle est" are among the choices to choose from, from "c'est" alone is listed as the correct answer.

Shouldn't both "c'est" and, "elle est" be correct answers, since the question is ambiguous about whether it's asking, "do you like school [in general]" or, "do you like _the_ school [which you attend]?"

Asked 5 years ago

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